Madrid is famous for a lot of different things, but perhaps the most fascinating is the weekly outdoor flea market- El Rastro. Its the kind of place you can find anything. Clothes, posters, furniture, congo playing minstrels etc.
You know its Sunday when you get on the green line and its packed at 11 am. For those who don't know the Rastro it might be confusing. But once everyone gets off at the same stop it becomes very clear.
Its a familiar sight- the doors to the train open and suddenly a swarm of people pour out of the doors. Theres a slow and steady stampede from the metro doors, down the hallway, up the stairs, up the escalators, out the metro mouth, and its funnels right into the tight pack of slowly moving people meandering through the curvy streets.
Another time and place and it could be the crowd getting off to go the a Sox game at Fenway.
Its a tight squeeze in the market, but worth it to find all the little things you never even knew you needed. A must do for all madrilenos, whether here for a semester abroad with Suffolk University, or just here for a week visiting.
You know its Sunday when you get on the green line and its packed at 11 am. For those who don't know the Rastro it might be confusing. But once everyone gets off at the same stop it becomes very clear.
Its a familiar sight- the doors to the train open and suddenly a swarm of people pour out of the doors. Theres a slow and steady stampede from the metro doors, down the hallway, up the stairs, up the escalators, out the metro mouth, and its funnels right into the tight pack of slowly moving people meandering through the curvy streets.
Another time and place and it could be the crowd getting off to go the a Sox game at Fenway.
Its a tight squeeze in the market, but worth it to find all the little things you never even knew you needed. A must do for all madrilenos, whether here for a semester abroad with Suffolk University, or just here for a week visiting.
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