Monday, December 22, 2008

A little extra holiday cash

This fountain in front of the Cervantes Institute on Knez Mihailova, Belgrade's pedestrian street, is often a place where people sell books or odds and ends. Kids sometimes sell their old toys, too. This takes place pretty much year-round, but yesterday it seemed as if some folks wanted to make some extra money before the holidays. Nicely displayed books!

10 comments:

Hilda said...

If I saw that here, I'd be browsing too!

Now I'm curious: anybody can just set up there? Or do you need to get a permit from somewhere first?

humanobserver said...

quite interesting place

Belgrade Daily Photo said...

It does look like they arranged the books extra neatly!

Anonymous said...

I've bought several books from these guys - tho sometimes they're not that cheap!

Knoxville Girl said...

Nice outdoor display - I wonder how much profit they make from this. Looks kind of cold to be selling outside.

Chuck Pefley said...

A public garage sale. What fun!

Speaking a snow angels ... my wife and I created on for our annual Christmas card a few years ago ...

http://tinyurl.com/9e3wrb

have a look when you get a chance :)

Tash said...

We both have fountain posts today. I like the way yours is used a lot better. I would have a field day here! I'm having a wonderful time just browsing - I'll have to make a request from my aunt's relatives for some titles. My mom went to the Filosofski Fakultet to study English Lit in late 40s/early 50s & my dad went to the engineering school for Mining engineering. It's where they met. I've been meaning to dig up an old photo & ask for photo of that area now. Thanks for this post!

raf said...

When I read Filosofski Fakultet on the banner of the building behind the fountain, I wondered how that related to the Cervantes Institute since they are so different.

Suz Broughton said...

Merry Christmas!

Thérèse said...

My other half was interested in this picture: his mother worked in this back building once upon a time...

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