Sandalmaker Poet

Last saturday the roomies and I went on a search for Athen's own Sandalmaker Poet. He is a well-known sandalmaker who makes authentic greek sandals with all of the laces and leather straps and everything. He is also a famous poet and back in the day he would write you an original poem and paint it onto the bottom of the sandal. He has had famous customers like John Lennon, and Jackie O. Now his son runs it, and even though they have been offered big bucks to sell out to a larger company, they still work out of a tiny little hole-in-the-wall store on a random street in Athens.

Going there was so awesome. The sandalmaker poet was very nice and definitely knew what he was doing. We walked in and kinda got creeped out at first because he was staring at our feet, but apparently he always tries to guess what size of foot his customers have. They had about 20 different styles to choose from, some with the names of famous customers that bought them. So we would choose from the "menu" which sandal we would like to try on and the sandalmaker or his apprentice would bring it out and lace it up for you (kinda complicated for some of them) and see if it was the right fit for your foot. After I tried on the Hermes I knew I had to get them, especially since the sandalmaker himself approved. He then fit the leather strap so that it perfectly fits my foot, and he added shoe nails and an offical stamp in the leather sole. It was such a cool experince and now I have my own authentic Greek sandals!