Athens Daily Photo

pink house

2010-07-31T19:25:00.000+03:00

37 Celcius

2010-07-24T16:43:00.004+03:00

So hot today, I fell I will melt...

This photo is from Egina,
an island just an hour away from Pireus Port.
The coffee-shop is called "cafenion".
Enlarge to see the boat as fruit-market!

block of flats

2010-07-23T22:57:00.002+03:00

Laborer' s blocks of flats in Saint Antonios,
Peristeri: a "labor people area".

summer in the kitchen

2010-07-22T20:57:00.001+03:00

Pireus Port

2010-07-21T22:02:00.000+03:00

cafe-patisserie

2010-07-20T20:47:00.002+03:00

Inside an old-traditional patisserie in Kifisia.
Kind of out-of-fashion and dirty
but gives you a strange, tender feeling.

burned roof

2010-07-19T20:33:00.001+03:00

Old house with burned roof.
Thisio aerea.

Cafe in Benaki Museum

2010-07-17T21:54:00.002+03:00

The building complex in Kerameikos
(Agion Asomaton str, 5th floor!)

Benaki Street Cafe

2010-03-13T19:54:00.002+02:00

Taken from the inside of a coffee shop in Emmanouil Benaki street.
This place is very near to Omonoia Place-a very crowded place almost 24hours
but it is surprisingly quiet and peaceful.

shhhhh...

2010-02-28T18:31:00.002+02:00

The entrance of Metro Station Monastiraki,
late Saturday evening.
You can see a magazine shop inside and
a dog sleeping outside!

Spring is ahead!

2010-02-20T11:04:00.002+02:00

A long street in Petroupoli.

We take the bus up to the hill and then
go back home on foot,
walking through the roads of Petroupoli.

night walk

2010-02-15T10:25:00.002+02:00

A street in Ilion during an evening walk.
Spring is almost here!

bird-tree!

2010-02-06T13:24:00.002+02:00

Kumunduru Place: a cold, cloudy afternoon.

strong yellow

2010-01-12T10:48:00.001+02:00

I do not know how this fabulous flower is called
but it really brings spring into winter!

pink and light blue

2010-01-08T22:34:00.005+02:00

A picturesque pink-brick house,
very nicely combined with light blue colors.
Unfortunately it looks abandoned
and is most likely to become a block of flats...

Look at that nice entrance!...

green in winter

2010-01-07T22:10:00.002+02:00

A sunny-but-cold noon in Kifisia.
These look like magnolias
cut in the shape of christmas trees,
but I can not be sure...

like a film

2010-01-06T15:11:00.001+02:00

Α coffee-shop decorated with old greek
black and white films,
in Ippokratous str.

winter blue

2010-01-04T21:56:00.002+02:00

Another house entrance in Kifisia,
old-fashioned but beautiful,
with a mailbox and a sign
"beware of the dog"!

wellcome 2010

2010-01-03T16:58:00.003+02:00

This christmas decorated entrance
is in a highly regarded suburb
named Kifisia.

christmas entrance!

2009-12-30T22:34:00.002+02:00

Kolonaki area,
two flower pots
in a block of flats entrance
christmasy decorated!

flying santas

2009-12-27T18:57:00.004+02:00

The streets were empty today,
so this lot of plastic santas seemed funny
flying over the street.

It' s decoration of a shop in the corner
selling christmas ornaments...

merry christmas!

2009-12-25T20:53:00.005+02:00

My traditional christmas chicken staffing:
minced meat and liver in pieces,
onion and pine-tree seeds
raisins and plums,
oil, salt and pepper,
and orange juice.

Before

and after!

As Antjas says, all we are doing these days is eating!!

christmas shop window

2009-12-16T21:51:00.000+02:00

Who can be on diet on Cristmas??

dark blue

2009-12-13T12:41:00.000+02:00

The Parliament building
a few days before Christmas.

Same place
when a few steps above...

christmas tree

2009-12-11T20:34:00.001+02:00

Syntagma square decorated for Christmas
in blue!

red candle

2009-12-07T21:18:00.002+02:00

I had a hot chocolate with a friend, today
in "flocafe" besides my house.
Everything is Cristmas-decorated
and that makes me calm and happy!

November starting

2009-12-05T15:30:00.004+02:00

Athen's trees decorated for Christmas.
But you can still have an evening coffee outdoors,
by the gas-stoves!
This is Evangelistrias pedestrian-street,
besides the Metropolis square.

flocafe

2009-11-28T09:52:00.002+02:00

Coffee shop in Village Park Rentis
on Thursday evening.
We had a hot chocolate right before watching
Woody Allen's new fim!

lemons and oranges

2009-10-31T18:21:00.000+02:00

Every Saturday: street market in Ilion.

Saturday night coffee

2009-10-25T10:38:00.003+02:00

Coffee shop inside the bookstore "Ianos"
(bookstore is on the ground floor)
in Stadiou str.

A corner for meetings.

View in Stadiou street, from above!

the old bridge

2009-10-22T22:09:00.004+03:00

This in not really Athens but Korinthos Isthmos,
about an hour from Athens, on the way to Peloponesse.

They have "cut" this way so that
the ships do not have to go all the way
round to Peloponesse when leaving Pireus
towards the west.
You have to see the map to get it...

the wedding

2009-10-18T21:19:00.006+03:00

the ceremony

the place

the decoration

the reception

the dancing

fashion shoes

2009-10-13T23:29:00.001+03:00

Saturday early morning coffee!

2009-10-10T15:42:00.003+03:00

Before...

and after...

With my friends, in Kerameikos quare.

wall-art

2009-10-05T00:29:00.001+03:00

Pireos street. Gazi.

Holy Strength

2009-09-29T19:13:00.000+03:00

A little Church dedicated to "Holy Strength"
standing under a tall building
(former Ministry of Education).

Not so nice but very strange scene!

History: it was build on 16th century and
is said to protect pregnant women.
Because of the archaeological value
they had to build the building
over the church.

More details here

(For Vogon Poet)

pink

2009-09-26T16:06:00.002+03:00

Saturday morning coffee
in Cerameikos square.

autumn rain

2009-09-21T19:48:00.002+03:00

As seen from Petroupoli,
On the right an old furnace,
not used any more but nice to see.
On the left Petroupoleos str,
straight, long, green on both sides.

Acropolis...

2009-09-16T21:57:00.002+03:00

... as seen from the entrance of Panathenaic Stadium.
(enlarge the photo...)

umbrellas

2009-09-12T18:07:00.003+03:00

It was raining heavily today.
Here you can see a lot of umbrella-sellers
at the exit of Synagma metro station.

These are very cheap umbrellas,
of the worst quality
(they get destroyed on the spot while wind blows)
but they have very live and happy colors!

bird watching!

2009-09-10T20:12:00.002+03:00

This is not an artistic photo, but
I wanted to take a shot of the pigeons
sitting on the kiosk's roof.
This morning,
just outside the entrance of metro station,
a few minutes before getting in my work.

old, still beautiful

2009-09-08T22:27:00.000+03:00

A beautiful old house,
falling apart...

οπωρο-παντο-πωλείον!

2009-09-06T19:10:00.001+03:00

Οπωροπαντοπωλείον
means fruit and grocery seller, and
το παραδοσιακόν
means "the traditional".

Such little shops do still exist in neighbourhoods.
This place is called Mets and
is in a walking-distance from Syntagma...

Come, nice plants!

2009-09-05T19:22:00.003+03:00

A "moving" plant-seller!
He drives through neighbourhoods and
calls women by a loudspeaker
to come and buy plants
for their gardens and balconies!

the coffee shop

2009-09-02T21:49:00.000+03:00

In the Monetary Museum garden.

the sun

2009-09-01T20:21:00.001+03:00

In the Monetary Museum garden.

under pine trees

2009-08-31T23:56:00.001+03:00

There is a coffee shop named "terra petra" in Petroupoli,
peaceful and cool in summer mornings,
where you can have a nice view of the city
from above.

by the sea

2009-08-30T21:56:00.000+03:00

Elefsina is a city just 20 minutes from Athens.

The sea is not clear enough to swim,
but perfect for an early Sunday morning coffee
besides the waves!

green

2009-08-27T10:17:00.000+03:00

A coffee shop named Prasino=Green (!)
in Peristeri.

through flowers

2009-08-26T21:39:00.000+03:00

Walking through this pavement every morning,
the way from the parking to the metro station,
is one of the best moments of my day.

Ypsountos street

2009-08-24T22:09:00.003+03:00

Here is where I park my car every morning
in order to get in the metro.

It is not so peaceful and parking-available
in the winter, but still,
I like walking through, it is a nice street
that always makes my day!

a windy day

2009-08-23T08:25:00.004+03:00

Saturday 9:00 a.m.

The smoke of the fire in East Attica
covered the sun.

UPDATE:
maybe I did not explain well enough...
That orange sky may be very beautiful,
like a Terner's painting
-that is what I also thought at first,
but
it is because of the big fire in East Attica
which keeps on for 3rd day today,
burning the suburbs and
taking people out of their homes.

summer in the city

2009-08-14T22:49:00.004+03:00

The city is almost empty in August
everybody is on vacation, near the sea.

Monetary Museum Garden

2009-08-09T16:09:00.000+03:00

The Monetary Museum is in Panepistimiou str a few metres form Syntagma metro station.
A beautiful old building designed by architect Ernst Ziller, that used to be Heinrich Schliemann'shome, named Iliou Melathron (=palace of Ilion).

This is the view while entering the garden

and this is the way Panepistimiou str
is (not!) seen from the garden.

There is a cute, quiet coffee shop in the garden behind the building, where you can have some time of peace and rest, away from the noise and the sun!

a bookshop

2009-08-08T15:19:00.004+03:00

This is the ground floor of the Eleftheroudakis bookshop,
near the Syntagma metro station,
in the heart of the city.

Eight floors of books (!) and
a quiet coffee corner on the sixth floor.
Heaven!

empty street

2009-08-07T22:33:00.002+03:00

Last Sunday, early in the morning,
during my walk for newspapers.

Empty streets in summer,
morning breeze,
delight of life.

by night

2009-08-03T22:20:00.001+03:00

Like the houses we draw when we were kids, isn't it?

expansion

2009-08-02T22:38:00.000+03:00

A smart way to expand
but also keep untouched
an old building.
In Panepistimiou street,
besides the National Library.

trees in a row

2009-07-27T22:56:00.001+03:00

Another view of the "monster" under which I work!

three street junction

2009-07-25T21:31:00.001+03:00

The inside of coffee-pastry shop "tristrato"
which means "junction of three streets"
in Plaka.

stuffed eggplants

2009-07-24T21:48:00.002+03:00

Do you make this food in your country?
This is a summer food here!

You have to empty the eggplants, cut the inside into little pieces, mix them with a lot of onion, garlic, a lot of fresh tomato into pieces also, salt, pepper, sugar (a tea spoon), parsley and oil.
Then put in the oven for about an hour.

Next station: Monastiraki

2009-07-22T17:26:00.008+03:00

Athens metropolitan has 3 Lines:
2 underground and 1 on-the-ground.
What you see is the external (green) line,
"the train" line as it is called here,
numbered "1" because it is the oldest of three.

You can find more information here.

Anyway, the cost is about 1euro for 90 minutes,
and you can also have a day-ticket
(for metro and all bus lines also)
just for 3euro.

This station is called "Monastiraki" (=little Monastirion).

It is one of the 2-3 most crowded and tourist stations,
because it is located in the heart of the city.

I took the photos on a very hot day, late noon,
that is why there are not many people around
-as there usually are.

sightseeing

2009-07-21T20:46:00.000+03:00

This is the bus you can take you for
1-hour-seeing-around the city,
when you come to Athens.
Departs from Syntagma Square.

life out of the window

2009-07-20T22:11:00.001+03:00

The back window in my work.
Yesterday, somebody was splashing a bird he kept in a cage that was hunging on his balcony wall, with a water-gun (while I was photo copying).

Monday comes running...

2009-07-19T21:51:00.000+03:00

Under that monsterous tower is where I work...

trees on the pavement

2009-07-18T12:16:00.002+03:00

A street in Ampelokipoi.
Crowded neighbourhood, but
quite near the centre of the city,
only a moment away from metro station Panormou.

under the tree

2009-07-15T21:58:00.002+03:00

No need to explain: a cat under a fig-tree.
What you can not imagine is the heat of the day!

St.Nikolaos Ragkavas (II)

2009-07-14T19:54:00.005+03:00

Was build about 1040-1050.
The name Ragkavas comes
from a famous Athenian family.
At first it was a private church,
but since many years is a public one.

Very interesting information here,
but you have to translate it in your language...

St.Nikolaos Ragkavas (I)

2009-07-13T23:19:00.003+03:00

The back yard of St.Nikolaos Ragkavas, in Plaka.
We were there for a twin-girls christening, on Saturday morning.
An oasis to hide from the burning sunlight.

moon night

2009-07-11T15:19:00.003+03:00

Last night, at our friends house.
Lighted on the right-above the houses,
Acropolis,
and on the left,
Lycabettus.
Not a nice shot, but at least,
you can imagine...

summer I

2009-07-02T17:37:00.002+03:00

As you can easily understand, this is not Athens!
It is a bay in Peloponesse, where we spent our vacation.
Unbelievably quite!

summer morning

2009-06-07T18:13:00.002+03:00

Early Sunday morning:
the cross-road of Thivon str, and Leoforos Athinon str.
A really rare moment:
this is usually one of the most traffic-heavy points in the city.

color of terracotta

2009-06-03T19:24:00.002+03:00

A sudden rain this afternoon.
But still, spring around!

mousmoulia

2009-05-24T20:39:00.000+03:00

How do you call this tree?
(Loquat?)
We call it mousmoulia.

rep-eat!

2009-05-23T19:18:00.001+03:00

This must be a real flower-lover!
(enlarge to see!)

pansies

2009-05-19T21:02:00.002+03:00

Coffee in a friend's bancony.
With flowers and Sunday news.

green in the green

2009-05-17T18:35:00.001+03:00

The coffee shop in the National Garden.
An oasis in the heart of the city.

wash line!

2009-05-06T19:52:00.001+03:00

to bring a grey building into colours...

oasis in the city!

2009-05-05T19:42:00.000+03:00

Block of flats and a palm tree.

flag-gαrland

2009-05-03T17:53:00.001+03:00

Santa Barbara church in Ilion.

flower wreath

2009-05-02T00:34:00.004+03:00

It is a tradition in Greece to make a wreath of flowers on May day.
We say "I caught May".
Then, hang it out of the house door or on the balcony.

The dried wreath will be thrown in one of the fires
that people light in the streets,
in June, on St John's day.

May Day

2009-05-01T12:31:00.003+03:00

April fun

2009-04-29T18:32:00.001+03:00

Ouzo, beer and a spring bouquet!

Elefsina III

2009-04-27T21:23:00.004+03:00

Elefsina II

2009-04-26T16:37:00.001+03:00

View from the top, just outide the entrance of the museum,
in Elefsina archaeological area.
On the other side of the sea is Salamina island.

Inside the museum.

Elefsina I

2009-04-25T15:07:00.001+03:00

During a walk in the archaeological area of Elefsina,
a town just outside Athens (20' by car).

this is not an advertisment!

2009-04-23T19:32:00.002+03:00

We have a saying in Greece, about living a life of leisure:
"to live a dog's life".
Here is a live example of it!

stoa tou vivliou

2009-04-22T20:00:00.000+03:00

This is a gallery with bookshops only,
and a very peaceful coffee shop in the middle.
Warm, book-smelling and quiet.
Who would ask for more?

* stoa=gallery
* tou vivliou= consisting of book(shops)

national library

2009-04-21T20:43:00.000+03:00

National Library of Greece

Just outside metro station Panepistimio,
in the center of the city.

last Friday

2009-04-20T09:17:00.001+03:00

People going in and out of a church, in Plaka.
In the background, Acropolis.

odours!

2009-04-19T16:34:00.004+03:00

ΤΗΑΤ is what everybody does (and eats) on Holy Sunday morning, in Greece.
Ιn the back yard, on the pavement, anywhere out of the house.
Families, neighbors, friends, all together.
Eat, drink, and listen to (loud) music.

green salads and beetroots

2009-04-18T17:58:00.003+03:00

Every Saturday: street market in Ilion.

(Even on Holy Saturday:
Today, people buy bunches of green onions,
lettuces and lots of dill, to cook with lamb's haslets,
and make a soup called "magiritsa",
eaten only on this day of the year.)

easter days

2009-04-17T21:10:00.004+03:00

Eggs dyed with onion peels, wine, and home made olive bread,
brought to our house by friends of the heart!

flying garden

2009-04-14T22:35:00.000+03:00

who said you can not have a garden when you live in a flat?

saint anthoni

2009-04-12T13:03:00.002+03:00

Metro station Agios (saint) Antonios, again.
Photo taken from upstairs this time.

facing north

2009-04-10T18:48:00.000+03:00

Louise Riankour Street, Ampelokipoi.
Looking at the building "Apollon Tower".

facing south

2009-04-07T17:51:00.001+03:00

Louise Riankour Street, Ampelokipoi.
Looking at Agios Dimitrios church.

while walking

2009-04-05T11:26:00.000+03:00

a garden on the pavement...

all yellow

2009-04-03T18:07:00.007+03:00

Telephone boxes in Athens are yellow.
Trolleys and taxi too!!!

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and a green broom!

2009-04-01T21:37:00.001+03:00

Visiting friends: their nice balcony and plants.