About a month ago I turned 23. Twenty effin three. Still cannot believe it. Graduating from high school still feels like yesterday. How come the years passed so quickly? Where did they go?

Where is my life taking me?

Or, more importantly, where am I taking my life?

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Manchester’s Northern Quarter is without a doubt my favorite area of the city. Conveniently situated a stone’s throw away from Picadilly Gardens and Market Street, it is my absolute go-to when it comes to coffee, food, drinks and people-watching. The beauty of Northern Quarter is that it has something for your every wish and mood. From Scandinavian-inspired minimalistic temples of coffee like Takk to quirky, romantic tearooms like Sugar Junction and to my all-time favorite Chapter One Books to which today’s post is dedicated.

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What is your biggest regret?  A touching photographic project about regret.

Songs that will instantly brighten your mood. Couldn’t choose a favorite.

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Μια φορά και έναν καιρό ήταν ένα κορίτσι που έβγαινε ραντεβού με ένα αγόρι. Ένα αγόρι που της φερόταν όμορφα, την έραινε με κοπλιμέντα, της έστελνε μια δυο και τρεις φορές τη μέρα, έδειχνε ουσιαστικό ενθουσιασμό με οποιαδήποτε βλακεία και αν του αράδιαζε (βαθμός ενθουσιασμού γαλανομάτικο χάσκι που περιμένει τον ιδιοκτήτη του να γυρίσει από τη δουλειά) και γέλαγε με όλα της τα αστεία – τα καλά, τα ειρωνικά, τα κρύα και όλα αυτά που πήγαιναν άπατα λόγω πολιτισμικών διαφορών.

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Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl with enviable Rapunzel-esque hair sitting by her window, up in the highest tower of her castle, waiting for Prince Charming to come by on his white horse. Fast forward five hundred years and a girl is staring anxiously at the phone, waiting for the cute guy who asked for her number last night to call. Twenty-ish (?) years later and I am sitting in front of my computer; I can’t help noticing that he’s also online on Facebook and wonder why he’s not writing to me already. Would another half hour online –screw early morning classes- help him register my presence online and motivate him to actually send me a message? We are after all the generation that grew up with the Paulo Coelho fallacy: “When you want something, the entire universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

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Sorry, this post is only in Greek. For more posts about Valentine’s Day in English click here and here – I hope you have a lovely Valentine’s Day!

Έφτασε πάλι εκείνη η μέρα που αγαπάμε να μισούμε. Ειδικά αν είμαστε single. Ακόμα περισσότερο αν είμαστε πολύ πολύ καιρό single.

Αγαπάμε να αγαπάμε όταν είμαστε ερωτευμένοι.

Αγαπάμε να αγαπάμε χωρίς λόγο, όπως κάνω εγώ που η συγκεκριμένη μέρα με βρίσκει πάντα χωρίς ταίρι.

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“You went to the other side of the city for a Tinder date? Well, that’s pretty desperate.“

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Last week I picked up Erich Segal’s Love Story at the university’s library and spontaneously decided to include it in my 52 in 52 Reading Challenge for 2016. Yes, you read correctly, I intend to read 52 books in 52 weeks!

The introduction, written by Segal’s daughter, as well as the Goodreads review described it as ‘one of the most adored novels of our time, this is the book that defined a generation—a story of uncompromising devotion, of life as it really is . . . and love that changes everything.’

Well… It was a nice, light, uncomplicated read. Nothing more than that.

The book tells the story of two college students, Oiver, a half macho half sensible jock from a wealthy family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law, and Jenny, a sharp-tongued, working-class music student. They meet, fall in love, overcome the socioeconomic differences of their upbringings (or at least try) and get married after college graduation. I’m not going to spoil the end, but it is a ‘love conquers (almost) everything’.

Instead I’m going to focus on what has become one of the most famous lines from the book. If not the most famous, since it was even featured on the cover of the edition that I read.

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