Madrid has a Sunday flea market, turning the Calle de la Ribera de Curtidores and its offshoots into one long day-time
paseo/outdoor shopping experience. As flea markets go, it can't compare with things we have seen in, for example, Vienna, London, or Paris. Actually, it is more comparable to Rome's Sunday market, which is mostly crap. But we had to give it a nosey (NZ)(=nose around). Plus we figured the Prado would be too crowded on a Sunday.
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| Madrid has some of the world's best street signs |
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Madrid's air quality seemed quite high to us; we did notice an unusual number of
military surplus stores around, all thriving now that camo is the new chartreuse |
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Over-view; we got to the market right at 10AM; most of the shopkeepers were
still setting up; 10AM in Paris and you would have missed everything but the
crap |
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| We'll probably wait until Sevilla |
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Since the flea market was mostly crap, we frequently stepped into the stores along
the Calle de la Ribera de Curtidores; here we are in one of a block of independent
outdoor stores; in its mountaineering section, most extensive I have ever seen;
the Spanish are really into climbing, I surmise |
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| Street scene |
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| Many such minis; world-wide Mini mania continues; a good thing |
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| These are hand-made purses |
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| I thought she was Mary Poppins; maybe not |
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| Nice mural |
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| This made it all worthwhile: my new Spanish t-shirt |
1 comment:
Your new t-shirt is wonderful! We thought it was interesting that every hilltop in all of Spain was lined with wind turbines! Somehow we were not expecting that. We do love the street signs in Madrid, too.
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