The children and I headed out to the market. We used our three day Metro tickets and took the Metro.
I think one of my favourite things to do is wander through a market whether it is Pike Place for just the wet markets in Asia. I love looking at the variety of things being sold. Some are unique to that place.
So many fruits and so nicely displayed.
I can imagine on a hot day that this vendor would have lots of sales. They look so neat in a row just waiting to be bought.
We were not far from the Mediterranean Sea so it is not surprising that there is lots of seafood there.
We even saw a few shrimp walking on the ice.
My son loves dates and so he looked at this neat display of dates drooling about eating them.
Bread is such a staple in so many cuisines. This looks like good crusty bread to dip in olive oil.
Some more fruit and vegetables.
They sold cups of fruit ready to eat. Miss K got some strawberries. They also sell olives in cups ready to eat.
One more photo from the market. I love wandering looking at what is being sold, finding unique things. I love taking photos. This was a mixture of locals and tourists shopping.
We walked out of the market and decided we wanted to head to the beach. I needed to figure out which way to go and then in the distance I saw Columbus pointing the way to the new world and new if I walked toward him we would find the beach.
We found it -- the beach -- the Mediterranean Sea. It is so blue. It was not that hot but warm enough. I put my feet in the water just to be able to say I have done it.
Here J and K are heading to the water. Miss K had her swimsuit on under her dress. She knew we were going to the beach and it was hard to convince her that she didn't need to wear her swimsuit.
I think the beach was the highlight for the kids.
After playing at the beach for some time, we met daddy for lunch. J ordered grilled sardines. Four sardines nicely lined up in a row on his plate.
Four skeletons neatly lined up in a row after he had finished eating.
It was a great trip and fun to experience a place that was new to each of us. Miss K just said she missed Spain.
Beth
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