La Puente a Triana

My side of the river and Giralda!

I only had my one grammar class this morning, and I wasn't really in the mood to sit at home. My host mother has mentioned the Market at Triana a couple of times, and I asked her about it last night. Every day, this small market, on the other side of the river from my house, opens. They are all small, local vendors. My host mother shops there when she wants fish or meat that is slightly unusual, like bull's tail for example. So after class, I headed over the bridge, not 5 minutes from the center where I am studying and found the market.

The largest piece of meat ever.

 There are about thirty or so windows/ fronts where vendors are set up. It is a rented system, so some change every few weeks, others have been there for years.

There is an interesting mix of locals and tourists. Apparently this is a must see location for tourists, as there were quite a few people there with cameras who were not Spanish. But there were also a lot of Spaniards. Sevillanos aren't known for their tolerance of tourists, so the fact that they were still shopping there means it must be good.




Vendors inside the market had everything, meat, seafood, produce, pastries, a couple of cafes, and of course, ham and cheese.

Fruta

Huge fish.

Snails anyone?

Typical Spain, ham, cheese and wine.

I walked through for about twenty minutes just to see everything, then decided I needed something a little more savory for breakfast. It was interesting and I definitively will return. Maybe when I've got company and a little more cash on me!










The bridge to Triana is decorated with locks with the names of couples. I think this is a fairly recent thing, because the oldest year I saw was 2012... hehe. Anyways, makes a cool picture!


I'm working on plans for my birthday and then my Christmas break. I don't have housing from December 12 to February 1st. I have somewhere to stay around Christmas itself. But I don't want to overstay my welcome there if I run out of places and need a back up plan last January. If you know anyone in Europe, who wouldn't mind keeping an American for a little bit of time, please let me know! I'll bring the wine! I'm trying to get a bit of traveling done in this time, and I would love to stay with people rather than hostels just because I'll be traveling alone most of the time. All my love xoxoxo