politics as usual?

("Our needs over their debts!" is a loose translation of the red sign.) So i was focusing on the sign, but this man seemed to really want to be in the frame...He was just too close to be in focus with my particular lens, but I decided not to worry about that. It is a very strange time here in Greece, especially with elections coming up on Sunday. I didn't see much rallying at this particular rally i walked through out of curiosity while passing by Omonia Square the other day.
~christina hudson

~christina hudson

obviously not his first time at the changing of the guards...

syntagma (constitution square)
~by christina h

nocturnal spring fling

happy spring to  you from poligono 
(click on photo to see springy pink [and the less lovely lack of focus])

~christina h (back peeping in athens after a loooong time away... hello! : )

syntagma square (aka 'crisis central')...

...from below (syntagma metro station)

~christina h

...from above (view from cafe, top floor of 'public')

~christina h

national archaeological museum

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~by christina h

~by christina h

trashy

 you see the damnedest things at 10:22 on a sunday night in the middle of july....

 ~by christina h

please recycle!
~by christina h

     

nocturnal pixels

view from the foot of the parthenon

~by christina h

     

our neighborhood park...tripod carrying and set-up, and also model 
credit to my gg! :)
~by christina h

urban flora

 rooftop in poligono which also serves as parking space as the roof is
 on the level of one street and the entrance to the house is on the level of
 the street below. i love my 'hood! :)
~christina h

got a funny look from my neighbor when he saw me photographing the hood of his car this morning.
~christina h

~christina h

light-footed peeps!

my guy's mother is part of a greek-dancing group and she asked me to take some photos at their annual   "glendi" (celebration) in ambelokipoi.  
~christina h

 i loved these black dresses with their gorgeous embroidery, and look at those colorful ribbons on the right!

~christina h

i.b. and her dancing partner in the traditional dress of the island of chios
~christina h

looking back at the future

apartment building from the 70s, panormou st, ambelokipoi
~by christina h

                           

close-up, different day
~christina h

open-air shopping

monastiraki | how many legs in this photo?  
~christina h

panormou
~christina h

colors

like our lovely follower 'domesticated bee', i wanted to show some support for athens pride this week. i rummaged through my archives to find some kind of fitting shot... sat june  4th, platia klathmonos: www.athenspride.eu/v2/
~christina t hudson

our city, near & far

concrete jungle in the mist... this view of our city makes me happy and terrifies me at the same time! (view from the bottom of attiko alsos, aka tourkovounia)
~christina h

(same spot, just turned around)
~christina h

athenian decor

mighty aphrodite by the dozen (where else? plaka.)

~by christina h 

color-conscious tagging in poligono

~by christina h 

two athenians

 
    dear athena, please stop the madness down here!
    ~by christina h

                           
    neighborhood gentleman... poligono, athens
    ~by christina h
                                

random pixels for a spring weekend

view of a view, downtown athina... had to grab the colors. i have no idea what this is/was/is going to be...

~by christina h

       

ridiculously big church, spring, and motorbike in the 'hood...

~by christina h

city bits and bites

barber shop, kipseli 
(one of the many neighbourhood businesses in the city that has been put up for sale in the past year or so)
~by christina h

street and meat, immigrants celebrating easter in patissia
~by christina h

three weekend peeps for you

light by light comes the night... view from lykavittos~~sometimes when i look down on athens at nightfall, i wonder what everyone down there is doing when they realize it's time to turn on a light.

~by christina h

nutseller on stadiou street

~by christina h

beheaded but color-coordinated at the saturday street market (laiki) on panormou st, ambelokipoi 

~by christina h