Time according to Theo Angelopoulos – Ο Χρονος κατα τον Θοδωρο Αγγελοπουλο

Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If

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1001 Ways to die (8) – Watchman of decommissioned vessel ""Claudia M" died of heart attack

The news item in today’s (19 January 2012) wires was very brief. The watchman of the decommissioned (moored in the

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Through the Glass: From Bucharest to Athens on a Friday morning in December 2011

One icy morning in December, I flew with Tarom Airlines, the Romanian National Carrier, from Bucharest’s Otopeni Airport to Athens’

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The Sea – Η Θαλασσα

And then went down to the ship, Set keel to breakers, forth on the godly sea, and We set up

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The "Arista" Trip – Το ταξιδιον της "Αριστης"

Το παρον αποτελει ταξιδιωτικον χρονικον. Λιγο πριν τα Χριστουγεννα εξορμησα στην Τοσκανη για να δω τον φιλο μου τον Νταριο

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Paros in the Autumn: Naoussa

Today I start posting photos from my quick autumnal trip to Paros. The starting point is Naoussa, with its beautiful

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Freud on the Acropolis

On his only visit to Greece, in 1904, Sigmund Freud experienced brief but unsettling feelings of alienation as he stood

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"Arantzan zu?!" (Thou, among the thorns?!) – The Basilica and Sanctuary of Arantzazu in the Basque Country

According to the legend, these were the words of the shepherd Rodrigo de Balanzategui, who discovered the sculpture of the Virgin

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Visit to Oreoi, North Evoia, Greece – May 2010

I was fortunate to visit my good cousin Kostas and his family in their summer house in Oreoi, North Evoia.

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Greece will never die – Η Ελλαδα ποτε δεν πεθαινει

Η σημερινη αναρτηση ειναι εορταστικη. Χαιρετιζει το ΔΝΤ, αναπολει και αναμενει με ανυπομονησια την Δραχμουλα, και ριχνει μια ματια γυρω

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