K. at Kavala and what she'll do next...

 

Hello!!!

It's been a while again... :P Hey, it's the summer! You can't blame me, can you?

Two weeks ago I travelled to Kavala, which is a coastal town in northern Greece. My godmother lives there, with her son and my his two lovely daughters! Kavala used to be a frequent destination of mine until about 5 years ago do I decided to climb back up on the map and check out my old whereabouts. :)

The whole "back to teenagehood" attempt was made easier by my vary good friend and fellow designer Magda who is a "native" of Kavala and decided to pay a visit to her family there. Many many things have changed... my "then" friends were nowhere to be seen, a sliding had destroyed my "then" favorite spot (a lighthouse...unfortunately I don't have a picture) and many more... 

You'd think the change of facts would take its toll on me but on the other hand...there's the perfect opportunity to meet new friends, find new favorite spots, explore the town with a different perpective! And so it happened... and I had a magnificent time!!! Here is evidence! ;) 

 

 

 

I'm not all done with this summer though...On Tuesday I'm taking the first step to meet tha adventures of camping by the beach!!! Yeah... I know, it doesn't sound THAT adventurous and after all, I've spent half my life living and loving the outdoors, with no electricity, no hair straightener and no make up! :P But to be honest, I've kind of got used to pampering myself and never leave my house without looking at least decent that way... So (even if I could play it simple) I've decided to turn this camping experience, my first time actually, to a lifestyle experiment...

And here is my main question: Can a girl (with a limited supply of : soap, water, electricity, make up and a huge supply of wind, sand, dust and sunscreen) still look her (beautywise and stylewise) best when leaving the campsite? I'm determined to make my best (no cheating!) so I'll be taking pictures and writing down my everyday activities in order to achieve that...I'm pretty sure I can make it happen!

Paris Travelogue II aka Nothing Is Forever...

I'm terrible at keeping a schedule...but what am I saying? You've probably figured that out already! Anyway...It's been a month since I've returned from Paris and my "travelogue" is still in the works...I've decided I'm closing this matter today, I simply have too much going on my mind...so much that I'm left stunned and unable to do anything :P

These are the last photos of Paris I'll be showing, they represent things I will never again find there. No monuments, no classic art, no museums...instead we have light installations, shopping windows, christmas decorations, bubbles!





The Nomiya Restaurant atop the Palais de Tokyo. I'll only be there until August 2010....never to come back...Impressive design, amazing views of the city (eat your steel heart out, Eiffel Tower!)




Oooh! And a view of the Tower itself, from Nomiya Restaurant...



The Champs Elysees Bvd all lit up for X-mas...I hope they use the standard yellow lights next year (i just like them more, they're kind of warmer I think...)


A tiny Christmas-tree-grove on the courtyard of Pantheon! :)



Christmas presents decorations at the heart of consumerism (of which I declare myself a victim), Galleries Lafayette (pff...as if they'll have the same decorations next year!)




Christmas shop windows...I reaaaaally reaaaaally loved these!


As a genuine Taurean my heart flutters at just the sight of these...mini cakes and petit fours at LaDuree...*deep siiiiiigh*


A huge bubble making man outside Centre Pompidou...that was really something!!! I swear he could have enclosed me in one of these (but no...he didn't)


And one man that will be there as many times as I go...my dear Fred, a true friend and caring landlord for as long as we were there! We would be lost without you, thank you! ^.^

More colours of my world until next time....until then, you go ahead...
put some splashes of colour in your life, you'll be surprised at how the universe reacts to it! K.

Paris Travelogue: Part One

Oh la la! La ville Lumiere (forgive me, I just can't put the accents...) ! Amelie, La vie en Rose, Marie Antoinette...les palais, le tour, les beaux arts...my heart fills with bliss just writing these lines!!!

The arrival at the City of Lights was pretty smooth and we find our way easily...it was a very cold Paris evening and we were very glad to arrive at our B&B, Maison Bacana !

As an interior designer I must say how impressed I was with this small and cosy b&b! I'm not very good with words and they say a picture is worth 1000 of them so...please visit the site and take a look because it's in flash mode and I can't show them here! heheheeh ^.^

Anyway...our first day we planned a trip to Versailles because it was the last day of a sculpture exhibition by Xavier Veilhan!

I loved his work and how he achieved to enhance the already spectacular palace and it's gardens. I felt like a modern princess to be honest... ^.^

















Oooh...and soon I'll post my photo WITH Renzo Piano...that's a fun one :P



There was a video installation too, inside the palace, a yellow LED installation that pictured a man climbing the grand staircase in Louis' chambers. It almost looked like a ghost video...

My camera's battery at this point is about to die...while we make our way back to Paris, Saint Germain to be exact. The numerous streets, narrow and picturesque remind me of the Paris I've seen in movies...Countless little shops are all dressed up for holidays and we are to find small treasures among their stocks...



After a while we find ourselves somewhere close to Eifell Tower..."simply follow the light" seems to be the only direction we need and soon we're at Mars square...


There's a Christmas market close to the tower so we head there for some hot chocolate and a festive touch for the first day!!!


Yummy lollipops in all shapes sizes AND flavours!!! Rose, lemon, praline, mint, blueberry and of course...coca cola were but a few!



And of course...a chocolate stand! A HUGE CHOCOLATE stand! So...you pick one of these huge pieces and they melt it into a deliciously tasteful chocolate drink for you!!! Best thing ever... ^.^


I really have to beg my friends to let me use their photos too...my collection seems to be quite poor...you haven't seen anything yet!

I know I've been slacking lately...while I'm on it check my cousins blog GrafikPlastik. He's a great graphic designer AND he updates regularly :P

Well I might have been slacking but I have lots of material for this and the next week at least!!! Be back tomorrow with more (and better) photos (I hope...)!

Colours colours...parisian colours ;) K.

Back with News from Paris, Xavier Veilhan in Versailles

Hello again!!!

I've gone away for a while...sorry about that! I have to admit that life has been giving me a hard time lately, what with job and school obligations and ehm...a short trip to Paris (whaaat? you all know planning and packing for a trip can be frustrating! :P)

I won't start uploading my photos yet...I need to sort them out a bit first, but I can't wait any longer, I have to let you know how freaking lucky I was!!!

I'll start from the beginning...I planned this short trip for me and 3 of my friends. There were me, my girlfriends Maria and Margarita and a new-found-friend Thanasis (the only guy, lucky T.). We had a rough plan of what we where going to see on which day. On Sunday 13th we would visit the flea markets...but we didn't!

I read an article on a magazine during the flight (12/12) about the sculpture installations of Xavier Veilhan on the Chateau des Versailles so...I cried my heart out until everyone agreed we should go and experience the exhibition on it's very last day... (the drama! :P)

The freezinf cold, the mixup with the metro lines and ticket, the overflowing crowds couldn't stop us of course!!!

Here's a quick brief and photos of the exhibition, a more personal post will follow with my photos and comments on it.

Xavier Veilhan: “My project for Versailles mainly addresses the outdoor realm, following an east/west axis across the estate, from the Place d’Armes to Le Nôtre’s formal gardens. I will be placing several works or groups of works conceived especially for this exhibition, which will articulate the continuity that joins the site’s history to its contemporary protraction. This is a project that is dynamic, classical, open and universal, aiming to establish a new bond between visitors to the place and the spaces they come into contact with.”


"Le Carrosse" in front of the Palais, the first sculpture you see entering the grounds.




"La femme nue", a tiny statue in the center of the front yard of the Palais.



"Le Gisant Youri Gagarine" lying in front of the Palais, poor thing!



"Les Architectes" placed around and in the main fountain of the gardens.




"Le Mobile" inside the Palais.


Tomorrow I'll post mine...beware! :P K.