Clean Monday

Today, i will introduce you to a Greek custom, the Clean Monday celebration. Clean Monday is the first day of the Easter fast. We call it clean cause we stop eating meat, fish and milk products and we start cleaning ourselves as well from every toxic behavior and emotion. (at least we try) For more information check this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Monday
On this day we use to organize some folk festivals with traditional music and delicious fasting meals. Some outdoor activities like picnic and flying a kite are in the day plan too. 

Each municipality organizes each own festival and i will show you some images from my township's events.

 Maybe you can recognize the maypole dance which is a very common custom in all Europe. 

And now a small taste of Greek folk music.

Harbor #2

 No words for today. 

Just enjoy the sunshine.. :)))

Harbor #1

 A small part of the harbor is public and lots of events take place there. Thessaloniki's film festival is one of them. 

The old industrial buildings are all now renovated and they accommodate cinema theaters, museums, exhibitions and cafes. 

To this point i want to thank all the people all over the world who demonstrated yesterday for Greece! 

Here's one view from our demonstration.

Sunny and beautiful!

Well, whole Greece, today was dressed in white... Whole Greece except Thessaloniki...

At the market

Walks at the local market Kapani are never enough. 

So let me take you there for once more... 

And now the black and white version...

Night falls in Palermo...

Do you have any idea about a game called "The Night falls in Palermo''?
It's a funny role playing game, where the subject is, of course, the Italian mafia. (no offense my dear Italian friends! We love Don Corleone!)

So this cafe is named after the beautiful city of Palermo and trust me, there are still more cafes in Greece with Italian names.

cappuccino anyone?

Salto

Salto is a common Italian word that is included in the Greek language as well. It means exactly the same thing ''jump'' and some of its derivatives are used to describe someone who has lost his mind.

However in our situation Salto is a local cafe and a meeting spot for siesta.

And as we had a great loss these days, 

let me say a Goodbye to this wonderful guy 

My laundry...

 An art project installed by the students of Fine Arts School. 

One of my favorite Thessaloniki's historical buildings.