A Different Class of Grocery Shopping

This market will grab every one of your senses. It is a visual feast, a riot of colours as your eyes are attracted by piles of vibrant fruit and vegetable, exotic looking fish, olives, pimientos, and much more. And those fruit and vegetables really smell, unlike the pale copies we found in our supermarket. Beautiful fresh smells, which mingle with the cooking smells from nearby tapas bars. And of course, in such a busy place, the noise contributes to the general ambience. I don't mean that the place is particularly noisy, but these are typical market sounds, as purchases are made, the freshness of some products is proclaimed and bargains are announced the old fashioned way - using lung power. Catalan is the language of Barcelona, but people are quite happy to speak Castilian, and you usually find someone that will speak English if you need to. …