In 2010, the Greek crisis hit and the country went into freefall. From there begun a great and long adventure...

I grew up in a neighbourhood called Nea Smyrni. The first settlers here were refugees from Asia Minor. People in our neighbourhood are proud of where they come from.

As I was growing up, I jumped on every opportunity to create friendships without linguistic or other kinds of borders. It was never enough. 

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain

There is a book I like a lot. Its final sentence reads: “It is never too late to have a happy childhood”. 

It must have been at the end of middle school when I discovered graffiti. My new hobby began stealing ‘precious’ time I could have used for studying for school. I realised that action had to be taken...

As Euclid said, the laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God. So, maybe the reason I developed an inclination to mathematics is because I was so connected to the earth since my childhood.

There is a theory that claims that your name determines who you are. Antigone, the famous heroine of a Greek tragedy, defied the rules and for that she faced death.

‘We must be willing to get rid of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us’. And so I did!

Growing up, I had always thought that life always puts us on the right path. As I got older, however, I discovered that...

I am a fan of poetry. Poems have the ability to paint a picture in just a few words… especially while traveling.

The French poet Arthur Rimbaud once wrote that "Eternity is the sea mingled with the sun " and I guess there' s a little bit of truth of that in me.

I was about five, and I was taking part in a school celebration. When I stood behind the microphone, my mind went blank and my mouth went dry. Tears welled up in my eyes.