At the end of the day it's all about food

It is convenient to buy your stuff to the nearest supermarket.Especially after work it helps a lot to walk two or three blocks buy what you need and head quickly back to the house. These days that rain is a permanent situation shopping feels like a thing that you would adore to avoid (girls, i am talking about food and drinks not about clothes and lipsticks so cool down).

• Visit the downtown market of meat and fish (Athinas str.). If you get off at the Monastiraki train station, it's about a 7-8 minute walk towards Omonia square. You have a variety to choose from, fresh stuff and 20%-30% off (sometimes more) than what you are usually paying. Some items in the fish market might seem a bit expensive but keep in mind that as the time passes, the prices go down. Right opposite the market you can find groceries, cheese, ham, nuts, fruits, almonds even pets. Just let yourself loose, look around and let your nose do the ''talking''. Before that you could drink a coffee of anything you want in the Psiri region (behind the Monastiraki train station, the one that is on Athinas str.) or get off to the Thisio train station and enjoy a 20 minute walk towards the market.You will find many cafe on the way
• If you are near Kallithea visit a Russian supermarket named Moscow. It is on 220 El. Venizelou avenue. They have Russian and Moldavian stuff at a reasonable price, nice wines that are looking at you with lust and vodkas that you really don't know which one to choose first. One of my favorite items are the smoked cheese and the pork ham and...well just get there and see for yourself. They have stuff that you won't find in usual supermarkets. It's well organized and you won't walk 100 km to get something like in hypermarkets in which you wish they provided mini vans.
•  Don't forget that a local market takes place one day per week near, next or on your street from which you can get your groceries and other stuff cheaper (Laiki market). The day varies from region to region but for sure it takes place once a week and you can easily find out the exact day by asking someone living nearby

.*glue b*

lost in the bazaar (Piraeus)

Nowadays, things are pretty rough, your job is not that safe, cash flow is a term that begins to sound like a big joke and on top of that you have to deal with your angry boss and your permanent friends that never forget you each month.....bills.

Rings a bell?

Everyone though has the need to get something every now and then, even the most minor thing, to feel better and maybe a bit refreshed...are you feeling me? 

As it seems bazaars lately have become a trend, most of your friends might deny (in a Donatella Versace way) that are actually buying from there but it if you go, there is a large possibility that you will probably meet someone you know and possibly that someone will try hide or say a lame excuse....you know what i mean yes?

The Piraeus Bazaar is well known and it used to be larger but all these reforms managed to shrink it. Still there are many things to see, bargain and why not buy. Just grab a coffee early in the morning and get off to the Piraeus train station.If you will go late (in this case ''late'' is 11.00 am) you will probably have to battle through the crowd, your coffee will become a nuclear bomb destined to change someone's jacket and you will probably see 30% of the whole things because your feet will cry for your home slippers. 

After getting off at the Piraeus train station you will have to find Retsina street which is behind the train station and walk through until its end, it is about 70-80 meters.You will then see the Bazaar just in front of you. Dive in and see what you can find. One thing is for sure, it doesn't get cheaper than that.You can find just about everything clothes, underwear, socks all sort of tools, hand bags, candles, jackets, carpets, pets even antiques. If you are searching for a kind of acceptable quality at a very small price then that's the place.  

You can get t-shirts for 5 or 6 euro, shoes for 10 or 20 euro, tools (screwdrivers, hammers for 1 euro) all sorts of knock off sweaters for 10 euro, jeans are about 5 to 10 euro, women's underwear 1 euro and bras for 2 to 3 euro.

You probably know how bazaars are so if i were you i wouldn't buy mobile phones or laptops from there. It would be wise not to exchange any currency or get into things that you would regret and cry for 2 weeks.
Keep in mind that the Piraeus bazaar takes place ONLY on Sundays.

Friendly advice...see-evaluate-buy.

 .*glue b*

best purchase gents!

How about some free stuff?

 

  

Check out this green concept that has spread its wings all across the world and has also landed in Greece, as we feel it is most interesting in these times of economic hardship: Freecycle.

A social network that connects donors of free objects and willing recipients living in the same area, a virtual market that witnesses supply and demand for free items, a community of volunteers that help themselves, but also help us all by reducing excessive consumption worldwide.

 How does it work?

You send a request to join the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AthensGreeceFreecycle.

You have now access to emails sent by other members, either donating or looking for various objects. You can either stalk the group messages and jump in if you find something that interests you or you can already post your own offer/wanted message.

 Almost everything can be brought into attention, it just needs to be advertised for free and find itself in a decent condition.

Not cool to post a message where you donate “gently used” clothes and let the poor recipient cross the city only to find a pair of trousers with a big (even small..) hole in the anal area and your favorite t-shirt from 20 years ago.

This is not the way to get rid of those things. Say RIP and let them go.

   Items on offer are picked up by recipients from the donor’s area or from a meeting place on which they mutually agree. If you need a sofa and you found one, you will need to find also a way to take it home.

Here is a selection of items on offer this week: a Playstation remote control, 3 SD RAM 64B memories and a 21 inch old TV in Ampelokipoi, 3 Harry Potter DVDs in Faliro, two blue armchairs with yellow flowers in the center (oh, who wouldn’t want that, wonder what colors they will choose next), an Internet Zyxel router in Glyfada, a Motorola mobile phone in Nerantziotissa and a blue baby bath tub in Piraeus. 

Wanted items are however far more glamorous and fancy: Virginia is looking for a functional laptop "for simple use" (as I see it, she is being modest, she doesn't want to play latest video games on it),  Rania would like an exercise bike, "not older than 6 years", anonymous writer needs a piano as soon as possible, but the queen of recent ads is Lizzy, who would want an iPhone 3 or 4, if possible. Just in case someone has an iPhone in good condition and wants to get rid of it.

Messages are moderated and members are not allowed to promote third party trademarks on Freecycle.

In other words, just check it out, whether you are an already active volunteer interested in reducing the landfills or whether you would like a sofa for free. I have a friend who furnished his 2 bedroom apartment thanks to Freecycle, as he was renting it and did not want to invest in it. He is very satisfied, since he saved a lot of money and it was just what he needed at that point. Might not work for everybody and certainly not for a lifetime, but in these times of crisis could be interesting.

I have a Darts game to offer and I'm looking for a garden barbecue (if possible, a wooden one, just like Jamie Oliver's), what about you???

* blue shrimp*

Funked Updates

Funked Updates

 For the past couple of years we have been running from a gas station to another faster than Michael Schumacher in his early days, in order to find the best price. The whole tornado in which we are unable to find the exit door (at least for now) is making things easy as a riddle of Ghandi. 

 

Don’t worry though because we have found some of the lowest expensive prices (that is making sense nowadays doesn’t it?) in certain gas stations. So underline the following information with red and put it next to your girlfriend’s or boyfriend’s photo.

1.642 euro -ΑΠ :Kiffisos 95, Agios Ioannis Rentis

1.628 euro-ΑΠ: Posidonos 42, Kallithea

1.644 euro-ETEKA: National Road Athinon-Korinthou 4^th km (more or less).You’ll find there some more gas stations with prices close to this one.

These prices are available theoretically until further notice however know that these spots have generally cheap prices. In other gas stations the price can climb up to 1.739 (unleaded gas), so hopefully this information will be helpful.

Make sure to check out www.prolaveto.com .They have great offers regarding trips and other stuff. For instance you could travel to Cuba for 8 days with 399 euro (including hotel and plane tickets) plus airport taxes. There are also great offers for European destinations such as Amsterdam, Paris and Constantinople.

P.S If you go it would be rude not to invite us...

You can also look into www.goldendeals.gr for products, restaurants and many more dressed up in hot prices sexier than Angelina Jolie.

Last but not least www.skoutz.gr is a site that can help you find the store that has the best price for a product you want to get.

That’s about it 4 now…have the best time wherever you are and be safe!

Cheerz...

*glue b*