Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Esceri Piac

Esceri Piac must mean "street market" or somesuch.  But this is no mere flea market. We've seen a few recently. This one attracts antique dealers and has some wonderful stuff (as well as the usual flea market fare). It took us more than an hour on buses to get to it, right on the southern outskirts of Pest.
Entrance on a gray day; it's actually a large enclosed 
area, with some permanent stalls and shops, the rest 
on tables all over














A cimbalom















Stall interior








More






In one of the galleries









Interestingly, unlike Germany and Austria, there was a good bit of Nazi 
memorabilia for sale, reminders of how market- oriented Nazism was--they 
were continually producing trinkets and other items, covered with their 
symbols and slogans; the owners would not let me take pix of most of
it, but I did snatch a few








Presumably there's a black market for this stuff; one wouldn't want so much 
as to touch it, however

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