Sunny
Christmas in Kalamata, the weather was good and the nights a bit chilly. The town was decorated with few, but
beautiful lights. The truth is that the
decorations were not as much because of the low cost budget at the time of economic
crisis in Greece, but people were not letting
this to restrict them to their houses.
As soon as
the sun came out in the morning, the little children rushed at the central
square of the town, where all the fun took place. The Christmas tree was already in place and
the carousel offered the little ones with joy and fun.
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| The central square of Kalamata, a sunny opportunity for kids to play even more! |
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| The central square of Kalamata, lines and blue skies and lots of fun! |
As the
night arrived and the cold atmosphere began to drive the children away, the
central square became less crowded and with a different set of crowd. There was time for the vacationers to stroll
around. People who lived in a different
town or city and visited their home town or just holiday visitors who wanted to
spend the holidays at Kalamata.
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| The cold drive the kids to the comfort of their homes, but a few... |
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| The coming of night gave the vacationers the chance to stroll around |
I am not
sure what the thought about the holiday events there, but letting the big
cities behind and having a chance to breathe some non-polluted countryside air was
worth the visit on its own.
Strolling around I also discovered that I could focus on details rather than on crowd. I "saw" that these were the things that I mostly kept in my mind about these few days I was on vacations.
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| High ISO photos and a few details here and there to make the holiday feeling. |
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| I had to shoot this frame at least 5 times! I kept losing the highlight details and needed a negative exposure compensation. |
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| The Christmas tree in the middle of central square. |
