Athens Descent Page 35

The Street Market
Under a sea of orange umbrellas, the street market is in full swing. A stallholder laughs at something a woman in a flowered blouse has said, while she picks through his sweet potatoes. A girl in a striped top hunts along the stalls for something particular. At the fish stand, two men lean together over the trays, one with his hand on the other’s shoulder, arguing about the catch. Everybody touches, weighs and haggles, and nobody is in a hurry.