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BY Alexia Amvrazi

| Jan 04, 2016

Athens

Movin’ on out

Where you live is essentially the backdrop for each different period of your life. Alexia Amvrazi, who has moved six times in 15 years, shares her own experience and some valuable advice.

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BY Sophia Dimitriou

| Dec 23, 2015

Athens

Street Art: Mix & Match

So here I am, on a sunny day off, wandering around the Plaka area in central Athens, taking photographs, talking to stray cats and dogs and listening to my music. A day to myself, one might say, during which I happen on a wall bursting with creativity.

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BY Sophia Dimitriou

| Dec 18, 2015

Activities

Running Wild in a Royal Reserve

The woods around Tatoi, once the summer home of the Greek royals, is an ideal place for dogs and their owners to unleash.

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BY Maria Korachai

| Nov 09, 2015

Athens

Life-Giving Flowers

Among the bustle of shoppers up and down Ermou street, the small open-air flower stall owned by barba-Yiannis, a term of endearment used for older folk, is a pretty oasis where time seems to stand still.

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BY Maria Korachai

| Nov 05, 2015

Athens

Eat after Midnight and Confess at Mavili Canteen

Yiannis makes sandwiches that feed your soul Should you find yourself enjoying a drink at one of the historic bars of Mavili Square, a well-known piazza near the American Embassy and Athens Concert Hall that provides relaxing weekday evenings and buzzing weekend nights, you may well end up partaking in the ritual of the obligatory sandwich from the local canteen. But let’s take things from the beginning. A fountain, old…

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BY Maria Korachai

| Nov 04, 2015

Athens

Lefteris and his Soft Pretzels

How and why “koulouri” became our national snack Multigrain, with sesame or without, with tahini… “Tomorrow I’ll have wholemeal; the kind you skinny girls favor.” Lefteris Agorastos, whose cart is permanently parked beside one of Athens’ busiest streets, sells about 50 koulouria, a Greek type of soft pretzel or bread ring, every day. Hailed as a “national snack” or “street breakfast,” simple and cheap at just 0.50 euros, you can…

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BY Maria Korachai

| Nov 02, 2015

Athens

Seeing the World From your Couch

Avid Athens couchsurfer Spyros Drakatos has hosted 150 couchsurfers from abroad in Athens flat Amy from the Netherlands wanted to hitchhike to Ioannina, northwestern Greece. Otavia and Julia, both from the UK, focused entirely on visiting ancient sites and went to bed early. Adrian from Spain liked the local olives so much that he wanted to take two large packets of them home with him, and Linda from Norway got…

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BY Maria Korachai

| Nov 02, 2015

Athens

Voulis Street’s Lady Luck

The most popular lottery vendor to pick your ticket. Athens has been the kind of city where a fortune could be waiting around the next corner since the 1920s – maybe in the form of a bundle of lottery tickets. There are your faithful punters who play on a weekly basis and your random passersby who may buy a single ticket, just like that, just in case. Georgia is one…

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