02/08/13: La Boqueria
La Boqueria market of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
At the Boqueria people eat, shop and gossip together doing what the Spanish excel at, living life well and enjoying a sense of community.
Leica Digilux 3
Leica D Vario-Elmarit f/2.8-3.5/14-50 mm ASPH.
ISO-1600, F/10, 1/400sec, 14mm
La Boqueria is a gastronomic temple, a place that congregates all the phases in the food chain, from the producers, harvesters, butchers and fishmongers who provide the food, to the individual and professional clients who wander through this magnificent, characteristic maze of traders in charge of the market stalls.
Historically speaking, the traders in La Boqueria have always been a reference for we Catalan restaurateurs, due to their ability to understand our needs and provide us with products not only from Catalonia, but from other parts of the world.
A visit to La Boquería is certainly worth while; it is the best showcase of ingredients in the city, with its fish products which arrive at the market from 7 pm, and fresh fish from the port of Rosas, as well as salt fish, poultry, fruit, meat and offal. Here one can find things that are impossible to find anywhere else in Barcelona.
La Boquería comprises not only the market itself, but an entire human itinerary in which traders and shoppers pose for onlookers to see them at their best, taking part in an astounding performance by buyers and sellers.
Historically speaking, the traders in La Boqueria have always been a reference for Catalan restaurateurs, due to their ability to understand their needs and provide them with products not only from Catalonia, but from other parts of the world.
At the Boqueria people eat, shop and gossip together doing what the Spanish excel at, living life well and enjoying a sense of community.
Leica Digilux 3
Leica D Vario-Elmarit f/2.8-3.5/14-50 mm ASPH.
ISO-1600, F/10, 1/400sec, 14mm
La Boqueria is a gastronomic temple, a place that congregates all the phases in the food chain, from the producers, harvesters, butchers and fishmongers who provide the food, to the individual and professional clients who wander through this magnificent, characteristic maze of traders in charge of the market stalls.
Historically speaking, the traders in La Boqueria have always been a reference for we Catalan restaurateurs, due to their ability to understand our needs and provide us with products not only from Catalonia, but from other parts of the world.
A visit to La Boquería is certainly worth while; it is the best showcase of ingredients in the city, with its fish products which arrive at the market from 7 pm, and fresh fish from the port of Rosas, as well as salt fish, poultry, fruit, meat and offal. Here one can find things that are impossible to find anywhere else in Barcelona.
La Boquería comprises not only the market itself, but an entire human itinerary in which traders and shoppers pose for onlookers to see them at their best, taking part in an astounding performance by buyers and sellers.
Historically speaking, the traders in La Boqueria have always been a reference for Catalan restaurateurs, due to their ability to understand their needs and provide them with products not only from Catalonia, but from other parts of the world.
