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Share our dream !

Dearest friends and companions on this crazy and difficult trip!

Things are tough!
What a dark way of starting a message!
We were downtown the other day and our hearts broke at the sight of the centre.
Cinemas where we spent happy years and days, watching films that only they showed. Shops with owners and employees in total despair. Buildings that we were proud of, “ornaments” of the city, where we used to take foreign friends and visitors of ours and show them.
Everything covered in ashes and black smoke!
HOWEVER!
We cannot allow all that to bring us down!
We need to reclaim our city from a bunch of idiots and incompetent losers.
We want to try and revive our city. We want to do things in our city, breathe along with it, walk along its streets and have a coffee and a “koulouri” at places that belong to all of us, not them!
To achieve that, we need you as well.
Come with us.
Share our dream, feel the heartbeat of the city of Athena, once called “Diamond in the ring of the earth”..
Don’t be just visitors here, try to become inhabitants, locals.
When all this is over, you will be proud of having contibuted to the re-construction of a city, or even a country.
See you downtown and ……EFCHARISTOUME!
We will always be there to join you.
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time considered lost

Sculptures exhibition by Clio Makris of sculptures in the ASTRA gallery
Sculptures in bronze and painted terra-cotta figures of everyday life and of the myths of modern poetry, Pablo Neruda and Jacques Prever is the latest work of the sculptor entitled:

” time considered lost”


Cleo Makris was born in Budapest in 1954.
She studied in Paris at the École Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts. (Painting, Mosaics, sculpture, Fresco, and tapestries).
1996-98: Art en Thérapie et en Psychopédagogie University Paris V – Sorbonne.

Lives and works in Athens since 1998 as a qualified therapist (Art Therapy) at a Rehabilitation center

Opening: Tuesday, February 28 after 8pm

February 28 to March 17

Tuesday to Friday  11:00 – 13:00 & 18:00 – 21:00
Saturday 11:00-14:00

ASTRA GALLERY

Karyatidon 8, Akropolis 11742

tel. 210 9220236

fax 210 9245630

map

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TREASURE HUNT

The Association of Greek National Guides is organizing a TREASURE HUNT on Sunday February 5, 2012.
The event is under the aegis of The Municipality of Athens,GNTO, The Athens Tourism and Development Agency and Breathtaking Athens.The occasion is theInternational Day of Tourist Guides and the aim is to promote lesser known archaeological sites and museums of Athens.

The participating museums this year are:
The Museum of the Ancient Agora,
The Museum of Kerameikos,
The Benaki Museum of Islamic Art
The Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments ( F.Anogeiannakis)
The Athens Municipal Art Gallery- Metaxourgeio Building
The Museum of Traditional Pottery

source/read more: http://www.breathtakingathens.com/node/5001514

Ανακοίνωση Σωματείου Διπλωματούχων Ξεναγών (in Greek):

http://www.instruments-museum.gr/details2.php?lang=1&wh=8&thepid=587&page=1
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Pandora’s Box

Dearest friends and colleagues,

Let us tell you a myth from the Greek Mythology and let you make your analogies:

When Pandora opened her box, a box that Zeus had given her with the advice not to open it because that would lead to trouble for all the people, we know what happened: misfortune, pain, misery, trouble, tears, all streamed out of the box and went to live with the people.
Zeus had taken his revenge from humans, since they had discovered the fire and had managed to become as strong as he was.

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However, Zeus had  included something positive in the box:

HOPE !

That’s why people, no matter how tough the times are, always keep their hopes for better days and that gives them courage to overcome the difficulties

 

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LYSISTRATE means: “She who ended the War”

Another event we are organizing is a visit to Epidavros on the 16 and 17/7 to watch one of Aristophanes’ most famous anti-war comedies, Lysistrate. Don’t worry about it being in Greek, we will prepare it beforehand. The visit will include a stay at a hotel in Nafplio after the performance, a swim or a walk in Nafplio and a visit to an exhibition of Fred Boissonas in the morning and a relaxed return to Athens. If you don’t feel like driving there, we could all hire a mini van. Just answer in time so that we can organize the whole event better.

Une autre chose qu’on organise est plus tard, le 16 et 17 Juillet a Epidaure. La il y aura une piece de theatre, une comedie d’Aristophane, ‘Lysistrate’. Je vous ecoute dire:’mais c’est en Grec ! Eh bien, on vous prepare avant,on va vous donner la piece en francais,on va le lire ensemble,etc.

Repondez vite pour s’organiser mieux.

Merci !

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Dance with us !

Sometimes during an event we feel very intensely “God, it’s so beautiful! I wish more people could attend it!” That’s how we felt last Friday at the Lykeion during our event on Greek tradition.

The guide was amazing, she switched from English to German and then to French without hesitating when she saw that it would be easier for some of our friends to follow what she was saying.

The things she told us were extremely interesting,we saw costumes

and learned their background and history,about the various fabrics they used and why, how the costumes were related to the historical and social events and lots of other things.

Then the dancing lesson, then dancing with the professional team of the Lykeion,

their hospitality and friendliness,…it was all so beautiful!

We loved it, we loved being with all of you and getting you into our life and culture. We like your openness, your interest in learning more about the country you live in,either permanently or temporarily, and we are here to offer you more chances to do that. Don’t think that we are the only ones who offer,we learn from you as well,we learn about your cultures, we want to meet you because we like open-minded people wherever they come from.Thanks for your participation and we are confident we will see you again at our next event. Don’t forget,we’ve only just begun!

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Everything, from hats to needles and beads !!!

Another beautiful Walking Tour (“Sharing the Athens we Love”) today with 8 lovely ladies. We visited the area with very old small shops, where you can buy anything from hats to needles and beads ! We were lucky with the weather but not with Estrella Athens where, once more, long queues were waiting ! Next time we hope !!!

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