Posts tagged as ‘Greece’

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

EVOthing about interaction design

I helped Evi to make a few minor adjustments to her site recently, and with a tweak here and there, I have to say that it really looks fantastic! This is trully one of my favourite websites. A very nice and clean design: Simple, beautiful, elegant and playful at the same time.

The website, of course, is Evi Malisianou’s portfolio site, an interaction designer from the TU Delft with a background in interior architecture and product design. On it, you will find a bunch of her very inspiring projects (would love to have a few of those on my own portfolio), along with pictures, videos and detailed reports of her work.

If you are into quality interaction design (with a strong background of user centered research), you should definitely take a look at her website: www.EVOthing.com

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Monday, November 12th, 2007

Weirdest pregnancy icon I have ever seen

I dont know if it looked disgusting, weird, ugly, or what… but I found an icon that I assumed was representing a pregnant woman on the floor of the preferential parking space at a local supermarket in Athens, and I couldnt resist the impulse to take a picture of it and save it for posterity.

Enjoy!

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Saturday, May 26th, 2007

Argh!!! so close, yet so far…

Once again, and trying to repeat the luck from last year when we got tickets to the UEFA Cup Final (which this year was going to be played in Athens) I applied to them via the uefa website. I was going to be in Athens anyway visiting my Evula, so it would have been a perfect cherry on top of the cake for my trip.

Unfortunately, UEFA did not find me worthy of a ticket this time, and I had to watch the game on TV, in Athens, but nevertheless on TV…

I was so close, I could smell the pitch… ARGHHHHHH!

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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Periplo por Europa central

Summer 2006Ya llevamos una semana de vuelta en Delft después de nuestro periplo por Europa central. Holanda nos recibio con un “esplendido” clima repleto de lluvias, chubascos, grises nubes y viento en cantidades…. SUPER rico, sobre todo comparándolo con el clima del que disfrutamos en Grecia.

Pero bueno, empecemos por donde toca… por el principio!

Salimos de Delft el 7 de julio con rumbo a Bratislava (Eslovaquia). Vale la pena mencionar que el pronostico del tiempo antes de irnos decia que nos iba a llover y relampaguear toda la semana… y ya se van a dar cuenta en las fotos y los videos de la cantidad de nubes que vimos.

Muy bonito el centro de Bratislava. Muy bien cuidadito y se nota que es la joya turisitca de la ciudad y del pais en general. Cafes y restaurantes por doquier, a precios que comparados con Holanda eran una ganga. El resto de la ciudad por el contrario… (more…)

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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Athens: The Craddle of… food?

OK, back in NL again… I could have stayed for ever eating zouvlakis, baklavas and lambchops, but unfortunately it was time to come back home (I did miss my own bed though).

As any good tourist, we did a bit of the standard tour of the city (ancient ruins, agora, Plaka, olympic infrastructure…) and we even had a bit of time left to have a weekend off in Serifos, one of the famous Cyclades islands. It was a fantastic trip since it wasnt in the middle of the summer and the greeks where enjoying their easter vacations (for which most of them left the city in search of their tiny villages). So we were able to enjoy an empty Athens without chaotic traffic jams and japanese tourists flooding the Acropolis and fucking up the pictures I wanted to make.

So yes, as always, a LOOOOOT of pictures where made to record my ‘historic’ return to Athens after 10 years, so if you are one of those few interested in what ever happens in my oh so boring life, you are welcome to check out a few of the pics below.

ohhhh…. and above you can find a pic of some of our luggage on the way back! we had to borrow an extra suitcase to be able to pack all the food that Evi’s mom had in stock for us to bring. I’m not joking, it was a whole suitcase full of Olive oil, feta cheese, pistachios, almonds, dried tomatoes, baklavas, ouzo, pepper… you name it!.

And to think that we forgot to bring the olives…

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Monday, April 24th, 2006

…in Athens.

Oh yes, my first few days in Athens… I ate like a pig, drank some ouzo right next to the Acropolis, slept like a baby and ate like a pig again to start the cycle all over.
Yes, Athens is indeed heaven on earth for those of us who enjoy good food, good drinks, beautiful sights, and of course, a little bit of chaos to remind us that we are on Earth and not heaven… but close enough.
 
The coming days I’ll be visiting the best of Athens. The classical historical one,with the Acropolis as it’s mayor atraction, as well as the modern Athens (specialy remade for the 2004 Olympics) with the new Olympic stadium and the whole olympic infrastructure… but first, a bit of Ouzo and some Zouvlaki.

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