RESORT IN NOVEMBER

LOUTRAKI, GREECE - NOVEMBER 2007

The conference was held at the conference facilities of the Poseidon Resort in Loutraki, Greece! A beach resort in November is definitely a nice location for a meeting. In particular when the weather helps...


"ROOM - Cosy inside"



"WEATHER - Raining cats and dogs was a great help for the Conference's attendance..."




"THE GULF OF CORINTH is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. The weather on the day of departure finally improved..."




"POSEIDON RESORT"



"OPEN AIR THEATRE"


"ROOM WITH A VIEW"


"FLAGS"


"QUIZ"


"ANSWER"


"CONFERENCE CENTRE"


"ROCKY BEACH"


"SANDY(?) BEACH"


"LIFEGUARD OFF DUTY"


"NORTHERN COAST of the Corinth Gulf"


"FAREWELL"

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Ingrid was kind enough to give me this award!



Thank you Ingrid!

BACK TO GREECE

ATHENS - NOVEMBER 2007

In November 2007, I was invited to participate in a Conference in Greece. A nice opportunity to get back to Athens!



"ATHENS VIA MADRID - During the flight from Madrid to Athens there are some wonderful views to be seen, weather permitting. The arrival to Athens (which houses mores than 40% of all residents in Greece) is always impressive, as it seems that you see only buildings around..."


"ROOM AT THE ATHENS HILTON"



"ACROPOLIS BY NIGHT - Visitors to this blog know that there is a problem with night shots. This time it's no exception... ;)"



"ACROPOLIS DAYTIME - The Acropolis and Philopappos hills impose themselves in the city centre. There were however too many cranes around, this time..."


"LYCABETUS HILL - At 277 meters above sea level, it's the highest point in Athens"



"ATHLETE"

[Update: After the comment from Tinsie I found everything about it. So, the Athlete is called "DROMEAS II" ("RUNNER II") and was created in 1994 by the Greek artist Costas Varotsos. It has also been called "Marathon Runner" or "Glass Runner". The statue is made of stacked plates of glass and is displayed near the Hilton Hotel, at the end of Vassilissis Sofias Avenue. Varotsos, who was born in Athens in 1955 and studied fine arts and architecture in Italy, works primarily in glass and steel.]



"BENAKI MUSEUM - One of the rich museums in Athens"


"CARIBBEAN ATHENS - This Avenue has an interesting tropical touch..."


"PORTUGUESE EMBASSY"


"EUROPEAN UNION FLAG"


"WAR MUSEUM - From Stone Age to the 1941 German invasion"





"NATIONAL ART GALLERY - From the 14th through the 20th centuries. Outside there are some interesting sculptures, including Antoine Bourdelle's «The Dying Centaur», a statue of Sappho and an amazing contemporary work"

FAREWELL TO MYKONOS

MYKONOS - SEPTEMBER 2007

In ancient times Delos was highly populated, but religious rules specified that no one should be born or die there. Thus, Mykonos, at a short two km distance, became very important as a supply island. Around the time of Alexander the Great the island became a very important commercial centre. Nowadays, from sunrise through late night, Mykonos is always alive. The sunset by the windmills is one of the islands musts!


"ORNOS BAY - A great place to spot the yachts that come to the island with the beautiful people of the Hola and alike..."


"LITTLE VENICE - The buildings by the water are one of the most pictured spots in Mykonos!"



"THE WINDMILLS are probably the most famous icons of Mykonos"



"SUNSET SHOW - Legions of photo catchers join at Little Venice and at the windmills for the sunset show!



"COLOURS - Little Venice shows different colours during the sunset show. The sea was rather rough that evening..."


"FLYING - Sometimes an airplane crosses the air"



"SUNSET BY THE POOL - Mykonos provides you with some great sunsets. At the Santa Marina, by the pool and reflected in a window, one may enjoy some fabulous sunsets..."




"SUNSET BY THE SEA"


"CRUISE SHIP - Many cruise ships come to Mykonos every summer. Loaded with thousands of tourists they provide an interesting movement to the island. Arriving usually by midday, they leave the island between 9:00 and 11:30 pm. Great chance to get some decent pictures (if you have a tripod... ;))!"



"CHURCHES - White churches are at every corner"


"PORT - The port of Hora at night"


"MYKONOS PELICAN - Legend says that in 1954 a fisherman stumbled upon a wounded pelican. He decided to take care of the creature, and once he regained his strength set him free. But the Pelican did not depart, and decided to make Mykonos his home. Petros, the Pelican, was then officially declared as the mascot of Mykonos. When the first Petros passed away in 1986, her loss was deeply mourned. So, Jackie O came to the rescue of Mykonos’s grieving people and donated another pelican to the island, Irene. The Hamburg Zoo had also donated a second Petros. Some years ago, there another injured Pelican (Nikolas) was found in Mykonos and nursed back to normal. So now three Pelicans can be seen wandering around the harbour"