Here I will continue though with some of the happenings of last year!
It is a continuation of my previous post.
Leaving the Koperti bazaar I went for coffee at a friend's house and then returning home I spotted a couple of lovely things on the curb.
I went back home but could not forget them so I asked for my son's help and went and fetched them home. Here they are.
And although I know you won't like the next two photos I would like to show you how furniture and other useful things end up in the garbage in Greece.
* I found a second hand shop (probably the first in town) somewhere in the city centre just after I had written this post at a neighbourhood I do not frequent so I am going to go soon and if I like things there I will probably become a regular.
4 comments:
Yes, it is a pity you don't have all these shops in Greece! When I was in Athens, we went a few times to Piraeus and they had flea markets there with second hand stuff??
It is indeed a shame. And also all this rubbish everywhere! Here on the island we have started with carboot sales (approx. 1 a month in wintermonths only). They are in aid of the dog- and cat shelters. Everyone that participates in selling their stuff pays 5 euro towards the charity and the rest of the sales is for herself. It is semi illegal of course (here in Greece) but so far we haven't had any problems yet (let's keep our fingers crossed!). It is mainly the expatriate community that gets involved but slowly slowly locals are coming as well.
With the things as they are right now....things just have to change and I am sure they will.
Lve, Frieda
Here in New York we have lots of second hand shops and people have yard sales all the time. We go to them it is fun finding treasures. The shelf you found is beautiful, I would have picked it up too. It is terrible how the trash is just on the curb there.
It's too bad your neighbors haven't caught on to the value of resales! It's a great way to recycle and save money, and have fun with unusual items you can't always find in stores. :)
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