Taxi...

Tuesday 14 December 2010

When public transportation is on strike, taxi drivers are very happy! Yellow cabs, yellow signs in a yellow cast photo....

Closed...

Monday 13 December 2010

We're having a difficult week ahead. Public transportation not working, civil servants, employees and workers on strike, journalists too. Whole Greece is on strike this week.... (again)

Doorknob

Sunday 12 December 2010

Sometimes you can find very beautiful details in Athens. This is an old door, refurbished, with a nice doorknob, instead of a door bell.

Snow

Saturday 11 December 2010

Finally, winter is here. It may be a light snow, but we woke up today and there was snow all over the Northern suburbs. And it's freezing cold, temperature is just above 0 degrees! And what a difference from two days ago, when we had 20 degrees...

Golden Hall

Friday 10 December 2010

We may be in the middle of a huge economic crisis, the IMF is in fact our government, but at least, we do have the best shopping Mall in Europe! And I'm not saying this by myself, it was voted the best all over Europe. Now, who's shopping, that's another question....

Athens

Thursday 9 December 2010

The weather service says that tomorrow we'll have a bad weather, with cold and snow even in Athens. But today is one of these days that you can't stay at home. So, I went to my local tennis club, walked a bit on the mountain above it and got a photo of Athens, with the Spyros Louis (Olympic) stadium in the middle....

PAUL...

Wednesday 8 December 2010

A taste of Paris in Athens!!