A London story

Last time I was in the UK was in 2006. I've been thinking of revisiting the island ever since, since lots of my friends were, or still are, studying or working there. It would be quite hard for me to imagine that it would take me so much time to visit it again, or that the purpose of the next travel would be business - driven. But life is a fluid thing, isn't it?


So this Sunday I found myself in London, staying close to the Marble Arch.


Walking around the charming Notting Hill area.




A night walk at Oxford st.


The Cupid firing arrows of love around the Piccadilly Circus.




The typical London cabs at China Town.




Destination: anywhere


London is a city full of trademarks.


And a significant amount of urban history.


Today, on my southbound flight back home, I couldn't help thinking what the next possible reason to visit London could be.

Babis Batmanidis Live!

Babis Batmanidis is a performer from Thessaloniki, Greece.


Unique in his style, he pays tribute to the most declassed Greek music genre, known as Skyladika.


Either by playing his own written songs, or by covering long – forgotten Greek folk pop trash hits from the 80’s, he manages to deliver pure excitement to his loyal fans at his live appearances.


Through his unique performing skills and sense of humor, he attracts the kind of alternative audience that would never – ever attend the Bouzoukia and embrace this kitsch lifestyle.


In my opinion, his biggest achievement is that he and his band manage to deliver a show that is not solely funny, but purely entertaining.

Here he is, at the worst moment of his career, as he would say:



For more photos, click here.

Action Painting

Live action painting from Philippe La Ferrière at the opening of the "ma ville ma maison" Exhibition.


Philippe Laferrière was born in Toulouse, France, where he studied at École des Beaux Arts (1992-1995). He then studied History of Art and did a Masters Course on Classical Archaeology at the Aix-En-Provence University (1995-1999). The undertaking of a research on the Macedonian Tombs paintings brought him to Thessaloniki, where he worked as an art work conservator / restorer. Today he still lives in Thessaloniki, dedicating his time on painting and music.

You can check out more of his work at his blog here.

The children doing art...

painting with pastel colors and toothpicks!
























painting with paper tape






















Team work

Goodnight Yerevan

It was a warm night of an even warmer day, first days of July 2010.


It was my last night in Yerevan, and I remembered the bus driver telling us, that "it's nice at the Republic Square at night, because there is a fountain"


So I went just to realize that hundreds of people were actually enjoying themselves with the classical music that was playing through the open air speakers, synchronized with the water springs and colorful laser lights.


So in this part of world, it makes sense, there is no beach you see. But there are central squares with fountains and warm people.


I just read at Wikipedia: "The Republic Square is the place where ceremonies and meetings are held. The statue of Lenin used to be located in the southern forehead of the square, but when Armenia regained its independence, the statue was brought down and replaced with a large TV monitor."


Goodbye Lenin, Goodnight Yerevan!