Dark clouds came over Athens on this night when EU is deciding for the future of the Greek debt...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
weekend wanderings
Away from the noise in the city center.... some strange conversations
... and some silence by the sea
A night walk
A brief night walk around Psiri, downtown Athens. Psiri is one of the gentrified neighborhoods... and I promise a longer post on gentrification in Athens this week ....
When protesting in Athens
Ups.. after a really long break, a new post :) I've also been active on my other, more daydreaming blog rinistic , so you can give that one a go as well...
This past week Athens and the Athenians were drowning in protests. I was explaining how protests start, culminate and end to so many people that in the end my editor and I decided to turn it into a news article. I felt it's too long to use it in a blog post, so I decided to put together some non-sensational photos and reveal some other angles of the protests in Athens... so, here we go :)
Protests in Athens, or should I say violent protests in Athens are a normal thing. Leaving aside the debate of accepting such violence as a common thing because the audience has been numbed by daily TV broadcasts, protests start off as a mass-even though angry on the inside- party with thousands of protesters, loud music, singing of songs and dancing to their seriously addictive tune.
They start off relaxed under the sun…
There are always people guided by the business sense. Because hey, people need gadgets to improve their protesting skills…
….they might get hungry …
and thirsty…. In the middle of the riots I asked one of the guys that have migrated to Greece, selling bottles of water if he is afraid of the riots and violent incidents. I tried talking to him in Greek, but he just said he is from Bangladesh and doesn’t speak Greek, but he knew some English. Pointing his finger to Syntagma, the central square in the center, he said he always tries to keep a safe distance from the violence. “Syntagma is a problem. But I am here, far from the problem. I stay safe”, he tells me, adding that this is one of the ways he tries to earn his living.
….10 minutes later these scenes of party and serenity turn into a terrifying violence, which in turn leaves the following marks and scenery around Syntagma…
This past week Athens and the Athenians were drowning in protests. I was explaining how protests start, culminate and end to so many people that in the end my editor and I decided to turn it into a news article. I felt it's too long to use it in a blog post, so I decided to put together some non-sensational photos and reveal some other angles of the protests in Athens... so, here we go :)
Protests in Athens, or should I say violent protests in Athens are a normal thing. Leaving aside the debate of accepting such violence as a common thing because the audience has been numbed by daily TV broadcasts, protests start off as a mass-even though angry on the inside- party with thousands of protesters, loud music, singing of songs and dancing to their seriously addictive tune.
They start off relaxed under the sun…
..and with some funny umbrellas…
… and coffee, ice, cold coffee to keep them alert….
There are always people guided by the business sense. Because hey, people need gadgets to improve their protesting skills…
….they might get hungry …
and thirsty…. In the middle of the riots I asked one of the guys that have migrated to Greece, selling bottles of water if he is afraid of the riots and violent incidents. I tried talking to him in Greek, but he just said he is from Bangladesh and doesn’t speak Greek, but he knew some English. Pointing his finger to Syntagma, the central square in the center, he said he always tries to keep a safe distance from the violence. “Syntagma is a problem. But I am here, far from the problem. I stay safe”, he tells me, adding that this is one of the ways he tries to earn his living.
….10 minutes later these scenes of party and serenity turn into a terrifying violence, which in turn leaves the following marks and scenery around Syntagma…
… however the next day is a brand new day… life goes on, and protests will do, too..
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