Tuesday, June 1, 2010

European Jazz Fest in Technopolis

Today for the 2nd straight night, I attended the 10th Annual European Jazz Festival  in Athens in the hip hop, stylish town of Technopolis, just two metro stops away from the Acropolis.

This annual rendezvous with jazz is designed to bring Greeks of all background and ages to unite, to settle differences and to enjoy music in a peaceful and harmonious setting.

The setting was very spirited in the old gas factory of Athens.  The Jazz festival transformed the whole square into a mega music and art park.



All around in the outskirts, club-goers partied on enjoying pop, rock, metal -- music from many different genres.

The grilled chicken and beef sticks from the Greek stalls are cheap and wholesome.  The Mythos is flowing and goes down smooth with the tunes.

The very unique thing about this event was that there were very few foreigners -- it was virtually all attended by locals -- Greeks and Athenians who knew how to kick off their shoes, mingle, make new friends and put off their worries about this economy and the massive crisis that ensured.

This is where I bought Yukiko and this is where we decided it would be good to visit Santorini.

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