{"id":1564,"date":"2019-08-21T08:39:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T06:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chilesymaiz.com\n\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:44:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T08:44:00","slug":"3-cronicas-de-tianguis-y-mercados-en-atenas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chilesymaiz.com\/en\/3-cronicas-de-tianguis-y-mercados-en-atenas\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Chronicles of Tianguis and Markets in Athens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately, I'm nostalgic for Mexico. Images come to me of places I used to frequent. Shops, cafes, food stalls and parts of various cities that I have toured. I don't know why but I have constant flashes of memory of the street markets and the markets! Of people shouting and showing their merchandise in their eagerness to sell. Approaching your prospect, asking, \u201cWhat do we show you boss, what do you fancy? I have\u2026 \u201d, followed by a large listing of their products, pausing from time to time to mention the wonderful use of such an item and moving on to the next passerby when they realize they are not going to buy the previous one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\nFirst chronicle: Market on wheels - Tuesday's tianguis<\/a>

\nVideo: The tianguis on Tuesday<\/a>

\nSecond Chronicle: Central Market of Athens (Varvakios)<\/a>

\nVideo: Central Market of Athens (Varvakios)<\/a>

\nGallery: Some shops in the streets surrounding the \u201cVarvakios\u201d market<\/a>

\nThird Chronicle: The Athenian Supply Center<\/a>

\nVideo: OKAA time lapse<\/a>

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Street vending in Mexico
Courtesy of Augusto Romero<\/a>
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In Mexico, going out into the street, you unite with your surroundings, vibrant and colorful. The cities are alive, the people are warm. In contrast, the cities of Europe are more orderly. There are fewer people selling on the street and when you do, it looks and feels more formal and established. There are no crates with trays on top, full of toys, clocks and endless trinkets. Everything is of a more sublime tone, more structured, more systematized. Or may it not be so?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Athens, the capital of Greece, is located on a European peninsula that is wet by the waters of the Mediterranean and is on the borders of the European Union. To the east is Turkey, Syria and the Middle East and to the south is Africa. Born and partially raised in the city of Athens, I cannot say that I have memories of a city regulated and conditioned to European standards. And although that was a long time ago, living here for the last four years, things are not much changed. Sure, there is more order than back then but if you compare it with the current metropolises of Europe, the differences are remarkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Location of Greece on the map
Courtesy of Nathan Hughes Hamilton<\/a>
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Arousing my curiosity, I decided to investigate the matter and see how many similarities with the markets of Mexico I would find. Speaking of my recent concern to Berenice, my wife and fellow blogger, caught her attention enough to shake us up and get going. And so we began to get into the various types of markets that we find in our fixation of knowing more about those of this country and its proximity to those of Mexico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I separate this report into three parts. Three chronicles in which I will tell you about our visits to three different markets of character and training. The first, the most accessible to us, is where we usually do our purchases. One of "on wheels", mobiles or markets, better known as tianguis in Mexico. The second is the central market of Athens and lastly, the central supply or wholesale market. Let us begin! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First chronicle: Market on wheels - Tuesday's tianguis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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