Showing posts with label Varvakeios. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Varvakeios. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Barricade








I did not take to analysis 
So I had to make up my mind and hold it for a while
I would not just leave you without a kiss
But I guess there must come a time, when there's no more tears to cry
Thieves and snakes need homes, need homes
Barricade







It starts to feel like a barricade 
To keep us away, to keep us away
It kind of does 
It starts to feel like a barricade 
To keep us away, keep us away







I could not lean on the politics
'Cause I didn't want to train my eye to hold so short a time
Oh so high, just don't know where the blind could lead the sightless
But I still like to witness
Thieves and snakes need homes, need homes
Barricade








It starts to feel like a barricade 
To keep us away, to keep us away
It kind of does
It starts to feel like a barricade 
To keep us away, keep us away







Full speed, half blind
Full tilt, decline
We turn to past times
Full speed, half blind 






You know us
You know us
And we said....
I'm sorry
Say I'm sorry




Sometimes it feels like a barricade 
To keep us away, keep us away
It kind of does 
How much fear can you fabricate
To keep us away, keep us away
You know us






Full speed, half blind
Full tilt, decline
We turn to past times
Full speed, half blind

Interpol

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Endless Parade






A primadonna with a premonition feels like he's preachin' to the choir
A superstar filled with superstition can't pull himself out of the mire







All you ever dreamed of is finally in your reach but careful what you wish for
If you don't practice what you preach








The circus came to town, I guess it must have stayed
It's like an endless parade






All these people you can see through like ghosts, maybe you've seen too much
Nothing's real, nothing you can feel, no one you can touch







Strangers stare in silence, they think they know your mind
No place to jump off, that's the way the game's designed







Another new day dawns, another sunset fades
It's like an endless parade






Music, music and more music imploding inside your brain
The life that you have chosen did it finally drive you insane






Psychophantic tirades fill your head with ammunition
Sights set on your enemies but you keep losing your position






Reluctantly you face the day try to get your gameface on
What used to be a fantasy has now become a marathon









Every heart you ever broke, all the people you've betrayed
Another new day dawns
Another sunset fades






Yeh, the circus came to town, I guess it must have stayed
It's like an endless parade

Gov't Mule


Thursday, April 3, 2014

Varvakeios Market






Built by the Municipality of Athens between 1878 and 1886, by architect, loannis Koumelis. It replaced an older market place of wooden sheds, that served as the main market place, during the Turkish occupation and which was burnt on 9 August 1884. The market was named after the great Greek benefactor, Ioannis Varvakis. 









Located at the eastern side of the Hadrian’s Library, the market has operated continually for more than 125 years and now houses a large number of food stores selling mostly meat and fish.









During the last decades of the 20th century, the marketplace was renovated by the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Athens.







Located between Monastiraki and Omonoia metro station at Athinas street. Varkvakeios market is the most important market of the city.







The night before Clean Monday (Greek: Καθαρά Δευτέρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday the fish market was packed with people and could hardly walk around.