Monday was the only day we could do a walking tour, and it was rainy! On Sunday, when the forecast didn’t look promising already, we reached out to our guide and asked whether he had a backup plan. His response was: bring umbrellas, but I knew it would depend on how bad the rain would actually be. The tour was scheduled for 9:30, and at 8:30, it was raining really badly. The tour guide messaged me and asked whether we wanted to move the tour for later, and we happily agreed. We ended up meeting at 11:30. It was still raining, but not as bad as in the morning. We kept umbrellas open most of the time, but we could still enjoy the surroundings.
We met at the Central Train Station, looked at the beautiful ceramic wall and ceiling decorations, and got out into the light rain.
Since we walked around so much on Saturday, I didn’t take more pictures of the places we’d already visited. The first “new” stop was the Central Market.
This place is extremely interesting both architecturally and historically. It used to be the actual open-air market for centuries, and and building was erected only a hundred years ago. The market is considered to be the largest fresh produce market in Europe. By local standards, its expensive, althought it’s the best quality produce you can ever find. For us, the prices were low 😂. And before I forget: we asked about the parrot on the top of one of the sreas, and our guide told us that the parrot was a symbol of this market, because people were coming there for gossiping.
