greece, food, beauty

not necessarily in that order - but always top of mind.

[tsikoudas]

Light of God in the gunpowder room

Arkadi Monastery—Rethymno, Crete, Greece

[elladaa]

 Καστορια στα λευκα.! ~ Kastoria in white.!

Φωto by Peter Saripanides

[venetta1-blog]

Awesome shot of Kastoria lake in the winter. #Kastoria , #Macedonia , #Greece

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Yeia mas! Wine imported from #Macedonia #Greece. Makedonikos Tsantali: Halkidiki, Macedonia , Greece.

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Flames with the Gods on Flickr.

Candles burning in the church of St. Constantine and Helen located at Mount Olympus (the home of the ancient Greek Gods, including Zeus) in Macedonia Greece (Άγιος Κωνσταντίνος και Ελένη: Όλυμπος: Μακεδονία, Βόρεια Ελλάδα)

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The Road of Alexander on Flickr.  Dion, the Ancient site in Macedonia, Greece, in which the legendary Alexander the Great, assembled his armies before wars.  The site is dedicated to Zeus.  

[tsikoudas]

Street cat on a roof

Ραφήνα (Rafina)

Greece 

2012

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Kastoria Lake ( Macedonia , Greece ) on Flickr.

Kastoria Lake - a city in the mountains of Macedonia (a northern region of Greece)

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Kastoria Lake - Macedonia , Greece on Flickr.

Panoramic view of Kastoria Lake in the Macedonia region of Greece ( Macedonia , Greece - Μακεδονία , Ελλάδα ) . Taken August 2012.

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Berries after the war on Flickr.

Slimnitsa (Trilofos) , a village in the Grammos mountains of Kastoria , Macedonia , Greece. The village was destroyed and subsequently abandoned after the Greek Civil War, immediately following World War II. Photo taken August 2012.

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Lamp Posts on Flickr.

Sunset in Thessaloniki (the second largest city in Greece, in the region of Macedonia)

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Macedonia, Greece on Flickr.

Thessaloniki, Macedonia : Greece.

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Without [the right] people, you're nothing.  

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Ta Lefta on Flickr.

Gotta love the old-school CHC. Greek drachmas in Ellis Island, NYC, circa early 1900's.

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"A life within the streets" on Flickr.

Mitropanos would be proud: Μια ζωή μέσα στους δρόμους

[tsikoudas]

Taken in Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece: August 2012. 

[venetta1-blog]

Amazing in-church shot.

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Lucy: Personified on Flickr.

A dog: anthropomorphized.

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Sometimes you don't know what you shot until after.  Didn't even know the baby grasshopper was on the mama's back.  Remarkable.  

Taken at the ancient site of Dion in Macedonia, Greece (Μακεδονία,Ελλάδα.): August 2012.