Saturday, December 29, 2007

efpolhta


the greek language has a big variety of words. there is at least one word for everything, but the most amusing thing is the accurate translation of foreign words.for example the english expression "best seller" in greek is "ευπώλητα".(click on the image to see-only for greeks :P).
eleftherudakis bookstore december 2007

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

merry XXXMAS


merry XMAS.XMAS in athens.
my home december 2007

Saturday, December 22, 2007

they are not humans.they are emo.




what exactly the word emo means?it's a mode of life or the latest mode?nobody knows.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

the nightmare before christmas


Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
is a 1993 film produced by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick. The film follows Jack Skellington, the leader of a holiday-themed world known as Halloween Town, who becomes bored of his repetitive lifestyle and eventually stumbles upon the world of Christmas Town; interested in the new world's culture, Jack attempts to combine the two holidays, with unexpectedly disastrous results.

I saw the film few hours before and it was only sth different.It wasn't anything special,but surely it's worth going to see the real-d technology.It's the new generation of theaters.It's like you are in the movie.

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Prypiat,Ukraine

The DK Energetik city centre, or the Palace of Culture, as seen from the city square of Prypiat, Ukraine.


The Prypiat Ferris Wheel

Prypiat,Ukraine






Public swimming pool "Azure" in the center of Prypiat.


Prypiat is an abandoned city in the Zone of alienation in northern Ukraine, Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. It was home to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers. The city was abandoned in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster. Its population had been around 50,000.

Unlike cities of military importance, access to Prypiat was not restricted prior to the disaster. Before the Chernobyl accident, nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviets as safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (Russian: мирный атом, mirny atom) was popular during those times. Initially the plant was intended to be built only 25 km from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern about the station being too close to the city, and so the station, together with Prypiat, were built in their current location — about 100 km from Kiev.

Until recently, the site was practically a museum, documenting the late Soviet era. Apartment buildings (four of which were recent constructions not yet occupied), swimming pools, hospitals and other buildings were all abandoned, and everything inside the buildings were left behind, including records, papers, TVs, children's toys, furniture, valuables, and clothing, etc. that any usual family would have with them. Residents were only allowed to take away a suitcase full of documents, books and clothes that were not contaminated.

However, the apartment buildings were almost completely looted some time around the beginning of the 21st century. Nothing of value was left behind; even toilet seats were taken away. Some buildings have remained untouched. Many of the building interiors have been vandalized and ransacked over the years. Because the buildings are not maintained, the roofs leak, and in spring the rooms are flooded with water. It is not unusual to find trees growing on roofs and even inside buildings. This hastens deterioration, and due to this, a 4-story school partially collapsed in July of 2005. In a few decades the city will most likely lie in ruins.

Prypiat and the surrounding area will not be safe for human habitation for several centuries to come. The most deadly radioactive isotope (caesium-137) released by the accident (external gamma exposure has a short biological halflife in humans) will take 300 years to decay to one thousandth of its present level. The strontium-90 will decay over a similar time. Strontium is a beta emitter with a long biological halflife in humans, which can cause disease through internal exposure. After the caesium activity has decayed to this level, the area may be used for most human activities again. The graph below shows that caesium is responsible for almost the entire gamma dose rate due to the accident experienced in Prypiat. This has not prevented wildlife from entering the area; wild animal populations are actually quite large in the exclusion zone, capitalizing on the lack of human occupation. Statistics are not yet widely available to indicate changes in animal reproductive cycles nor mortality rates.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

tree


it's not always true that trees die upright.
my second small cottage november 2007

Friday, November 23, 2007

rain

rain is coming again.it's almost five o'clock in the afternoon.after an exhausting day it's time for me and my company to rest in my small seaside cottage.and nature started painting:










and after hours of rain,the next morning:



my cottage november 2007

Saturday, November 17, 2007

unnatural nature



nature is not always natural.a leopard kills a babun.Suddenly, a baby babun comes out from its mothers fear.The leopard don't kill the baby babun.If you were a judge, what will be your verdict on the leopard?
my home november 2007

Thursday, November 15, 2007

the man who sucks

the are a lot of surnames in Greece that are different from the others.This is a security company ad whose owner is Mr. Tsimpoukas.Tsimpoukas in greek means the man who sucks,you know what :).
my home november 2007

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

sailing



sailing is one of the most exciting sports and recreational activities. It is the art of controlling a sailing vessel. You must not fight the waves,but you must only leave them guide you.this video is one of the most popular in youtube.
my home nevember 2007

"parking"


Parking is undoubtedly a nightmare in Greece and especially in Athens. Greek drivers "park" their cars everywhere. Even in the middle of the road.
my home november 2007

Thursday, November 1, 2007

madagascar





The island of Madagascar has been described as an "alternate world" or a "world apart" because of the uniqueness and rarity of many of its plant and animal species. Their characteristics are believed to reflect the island's origins as a part of Gondwanaland and its many millions of years of virtually total isolation following the breakup of the landmass. Thus, certain plants, including the "traveler's" tree (so called because its trunk holds potable water), are found both in Madagascar and on the South American continent, but not in Africa. Many of the most characteristic African species, particularly such large mammals as the elephant, rhinoceros, giraffe, zebra, and antelope and predators such as lions and leopards, do not exist in Madagascar. In addition, the island has been spared the great variety of venomous snakes indigenous to the African continent. Although it is assumed that most life forms on the island had an African (or South American) origin, many millions of years of near-complete isolation have allowed old species--elsewhere extinct--to survive and new species unique to the island to evolve. Thus, a great number of plant, insect, reptile, and fish species are found only in Madagascar, and all indigenous land mammal species--sixty-six in all--are unique to the island.

Madagascar was once covered almost completely by forests, but the practice of burning the woods to clear the land for dry rice cultivation has denuded most of the landscape, especially in the central highlands. Rain forests are concentrated on the steep hillsides along a slender north-south axis bordering the east coast, from the Tsaratanana Massif in the north to Tolagnaro in the south. Secondary growth, which has replaced the original forest and consists to a large extent of traveler's trees, raffia, and baobabs, is found in many places along the east coast and in the north. The vegetation of the central highlands and the west coast is for the most part savanna or steppe, and coarse prairie grass predominates where erosion has not exposed the orange-red lateritic soil. In the southwest, the vegetation is adapted to desert conditions.

The remaining rain forest contains a great number of unique plant species. The country has some 900 species of orchids. Bananas, mangoes, coconut, vanilla, and other tropical plants grow on the coasts, and the eucalyptus tree, brought from Australia, is widespread.

my home november 2007

Saturday, October 27, 2007

victoria falls-Zimbabwe


The Victoria Falls constitutes one of the most spectacular natural wonders of the world. The Local people call it "Mosi-oa-Tunya" -- the smoke that thunders and the Falls are remarkable. There is a magic about them manifested in the towering column of spray when the river is high, the thunder of the falling water, the terrifying abyss and tranquil lagoons upstream in which hippo and deadly crocodiles lurk.

The Victoria falls is 1 708 meters wide, making it the largest curtain of water in the world. It drops between 90m and 107m into the Zambezi Gorge and an average of 550,000 cubic metres of water plummet over the edge every minute.

Remarkably preserved in its natural state, Victoria falls inspires visitors as much today as it did David Livingstone in the 1860's. The falls and the surrounding area have been declared National Parks and a World Heritage Site, thus preserving the area from excessive commercialisation. The Falls are spectacular throughout the year, but February onwards, after the rain season, has the heaviest flow and volume of spray.

A number of activities can be undertaken. The 'Flight of Angels' provides a fabulous vista of the falls, the upstream river and its many islands and for the more adventurous there is microlighting with stunning views of the Fall.

Rafting the wild rapids below the Falls is a very popular adventure. Visitors can also kayak, canoe, fish, go on guided walking safaris, ride on horseback and lunch on Livingstone's Island.






Tuesday, October 23, 2007

skotomos

papoutsoskotomos is a store at Lamia in Greece that sales footwear.
my home october 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

no words


what to say?
my home october 2007

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

nature

mother nature make us understand the importance of your health.how people destroy your beauty?
my home october 2007

Sunday, October 7, 2007

500euros


this was the present of my granny for my success in the university.i had never seen those banknotes in my life.it was something like an experience to come in touch with them.the photo is a consequence of my happiness. a lot of people in Europe will never see them.one of them is probably the money for a whole month.
my home october 2007

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

bad girl??

what's the reason for a person to write bad things for another?you can easily say that there are a lot of reasons in order to do that thing.when I saw it I was thinking about maria.who is maria?one is more than sure.there is at least one person in ntua that is surely one of her enemies.
my home october 2007

Saturday, September 29, 2007

sadness

sadness is everywhere around me these days.I know why.And she knows too.nothing can change now.
my home september 2007

Friday, September 21, 2007

gold nosed pig

near the gold nose of a bronze pig in florence it was a wet teenage boy.it was raining.
two years later the history is being repeated.this time the boy and the pig are in munich.it was a hot hot day.
florence august 2005
munich august 2007


Thursday, September 13, 2007

yellowgreen


are you yellow or green?a combination maybe?you must decide your identity.
my home september 2007

Monday, September 3, 2007

berlin-->zoo

Where are the fish?oh god.there are no fish here.oh!i forgot it..I am not free.

berlin-zoo august 2007

rain

the rain is a little late for greece.
my home september 2007

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Do-Re-Mi

i can play the piano said a little girl in Gambia.And nobody believed her.The reason;She hadn't ever seen a piano in her life.And the day came:a piano in front of her.And she played for some minutes.It's unsure if she knew the meaning of the word notes.For her playing the piano was only the expirience to come in touch with it.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

josua

Step out into the vast open plains of Tanzania and you suddenly feel very, very small. And so you should. You've just joined one of the largest, wildest animal populations in the world. Wildebeest, monkey, antelope, lion, cheetah, crocodile, gazelle, flamingo - they're all out there.

josua is a baby monkey that I adopted 2 days ago.it is a very smart animal.its mother left it alone on a tree in the Ruaha National park in Tanzania.it needs your help in order to become a strong monkey that can face any kind of dangers.And then [of course] some day it will be free.
my home august 2007

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

dresden






europe has always something to show.so does dresden.
PS:greeks were everywhere.from the zwiger castle in the towncenter to the sausage restaurant near the big central square.
dresden august 2007

wariscoming

war is everywhere.this expression characterizes every side of our life.think about it.it's everywhere:WAR IS COMING.
(it's time to continue my university project[war])
my home august 2007

Sunday, August 19, 2007

nurnberg






discover the medieval architecture in nurnberg.
nurnberg july 2007