• Culture

    A cinematic journey around the world

    On Saturday 2nd September, hundreds of cinemas across the UK are coming together for National Cinema Day. Although I’m not currently in the UK, I would like to take this opportunity and embark on a cinematic journey around the world. I will discuss 10 films which have travelling at their core and take place in exotic countries that I would like to visit (either for the first time or visit again). I’m starting this cinematic journey around the world from Greece, the country where I was born and I’m currently in. Triangle of Sadness – Greece Triangle of Sadness is one of the most recent films in this list. It…

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  • Culture,  Reading

    My favorite books and films about traveling

    Globetrotters and travel enthusiasts like myself have recently found solace in reading books or binge-watching TV series and (feature or documentary) films. Although these activities are by no means substitutes for traveling, they can still take us to all those places we wish to visit but can’t (or may not yet want to) physically travel to. For instance, unable to travel to Greece this summer, I recently published the post ‘Traveling to Greece through film & music’. Then, a few weeks later, my friend Deborah sent me a link to the article ’10 of the best novels set in Greece – that will take you there’ recently published in the…

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