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Thessaloniki- Athens: 12am-5am
I felt like a refugee yesterday in the train from Thessaloniki to Athens. Entering the train station, I saw many refugees and immigrants queuing outside the ticket’s office. I didn’t know which direction I had to follow to reach my platform and I asked a guard standing a few meters…
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Your home VS the world
Your home Vs the world: such an unfair comparison, isn’t it? How is it possible to compare your hometown to thousands of places spread globally? Trust me. The answer is: “easily”. I left my hometown – Corfu – when I was 18 years old. That was when I moved to…
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Horse Races: What brings you here?
I paid and I went back to the bleachers to see the race. “It’s only 5 Euros”, I said to myself, feeling a bit guilty to actively participate in an event that doesn’t really express me and taking part in that gambling culture that I surely don’t support. However, even…
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“Bristol: the perception, the feelings and the transitions of the city”
It’s Sunday, March 4th 2023. The airplane lands in Bristol’s international airport around 11am and we immediately search for the bus that will take us to the city center and specifically to Broad Street, where our hotel is located. We don’t notice that the bus stop is just a few…
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Cafe Filo: A home away from home
“We have discovered a Greek coffee shop in Dublin. Let’s go there”: that’s the message I receive from Ioanna, my Greek friend and ex colleague who now lives in Dublin with her boyfriend. A few hours before our flight to Edinburgh, a quick, Greek reunion is about to take place…
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Me in Ireland: “A matter of choices, luck and life”
Saturday, January 7th, 2023. 11:30am. The train stops and the ginger head girl, sitting across me stops drawing. During all that time she was creating by pencil a girl’s portrait. She was nearly ignoring the view from the window and the landscapes passing by and she was devoting all of…
Fedra Mour 