{"id":2475,"date":"2012-11-13T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetravellingfool.com\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2015-04-12T18:46:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T22:46:05","slug":"greek-organ-grinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/greek-organ-grinder\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek Organ Grinder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Greek Organ Grinder\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/i-HDmgRcR-M.jpg\" alt=\"greek-organ-grinder\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every now and then you come across a <a title=\"Why I Dislike Hotels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravellingfool.com\/why-i-dislike-hotels\/\" target=\"_blank\">character<\/a> that fits so perfectly what you envisioned in your mind.\u00a0 <!--more-->Other than movies or television I had never seen an old style Organ Grinder. From the hat a little to small for his head to the bushy mustache this guy was everything I had pictured an Organ Grinder would look like.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Greek Music Man\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/i-Xhm7S5c-M.jpg\" alt=\"greek-music-man\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With plastic prayer beads and flowers surrounding a grainy Black and White photo on his music machine the old man was standing there and playing his tune for passersby hoping for a few coins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Greek Organ Grinder\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/i-9v3RFNk-M.jpg\" alt=\"Greek-Organ-Grinder\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After listening to him and watching him ply his trade I left him some Euros and with a tip of his hat he smiled and kept cranking. The only thing missing was a monkey holding a tin cup. It pretty nice when reality meets your expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then you come across a character that fits so perfectly what you envisioned in your 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