Shoppers Anonymous

If I have talked about food, then I must also

talk about shopping. I might have been born

to shop. And there are many places here to

do just that, and many interesting things to

buy. The last photo is "worry beads" which are

everywhere. All of the old men carry these

constantly, and click them and slide them, etc.

I don't really know what they are so worried

about...(maybe the economy?!) The pottery

with the figurines look just like the originals

that I studied about in art history. They all tell

a story from mythology or relate some historical

event. Kinda like "wikipedia in clay". Then there

are rugs, cute little puppets, and of course, jewelry.

The shop at the top was in Corfu, and I wandered in

after lunch. There was very unusual jewelry there, and

I met the owner, an artist who made some of the pieces

in the shop. I bought several, and she admired my

sketchbook and paintings. She loved one of some olive

trees, and I told her I would paint her one. And we

agreed she could pay for it in earrings! Her shop is

called Aiopa.

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