Music
Σαϊτιά – Μιχάλης Χατζηγιάννης
A unique song by one of Greece’s most popular singers with beautiful melody and lyrics that praise love.
Arevelyan Motivner – Tigran Petrosyan
This song completely enchanted me! It’s exotic melody reminds me of desert scenery and has such a calming effect to my soul.
Honeybee – The Head and the Heart
Such a sweet song which makes you realize that you should acknowledge the value the people closest to you have and express your love towards them before it is too late.
Tequila – The Champs
What better word to describe this 1958 Latin-flavored rock & roll instrumental than perfection?
Doctor’s Orders – Carol Douglas
Last but not least is a popular 1974’s song which pioneered the disco genre and featured in the iconic scene of Sex and the City with Charlotte York dancing drunk in a club.
Movies
Toc Toc (2017)
This Spanish comedy film focuses on a group of patients with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) all of whom have an appointment with their doctor at the same time. The doctor, however, is delayed by a flight forcing them to deal with each other’s quirks.
Poetry
Les Bucoliques by André de Chénier
Les Bucoliques are very lyrical poems, with a similarity to the prose of ancient Greek tragedies (my personal favourites were the second and the third one).
Les Roses de Saadi by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
In Les Roses de Saadi the poet masterfully uses language in a romantic and elegiac way to convey deep emotion as well as doses of melancholy.
