San Lorenzo Market

     In my last post, I mentioned the San Lorenzo market as one of the places that I would miss the most. Then I realized that I had never really talked about it in previous posts. So here we go. The Mercato Centrale is actually a large building that houses countless food and goods stands inside of it. It has short hours and the smells will murder your nose but it's so cool. Tons and tons of Italian food and delicacies everywhere. My langauge teacher took us there on a "field trip" once to test what we had learned thus far. So much fun. So that's the actual "Mercato Centrale"...outside is the madness. Vendors have set up their stalls all around the Mercato and down side streets so that it feels like this huge outdoor mall with cheap items. It's nuts. And the bargains you can find, oh my goodness. Most of the stands all sell the same thing so you can use that as leverage when you want to strike a deal. And the items they sell are pretty cool too. Countless clothing stores and stands with scarves and ties and all sorts of goodies. Most of the clothing stalls or that sort of thing have actual stores attached to them. Once I was wandering through with some friends and one of the girls got roped into buying a leather jacket. It was gorgeous but it would not have happened if the owner of the store hadn't taken us into his store and showed Chantall how amazing she looked in the tri-mirror. They know how to rope you in and before you know it you're getting a great deal on something you wanted but probably didn't really need.Then again you can get amazing deals on things that you DO need. Let's just say that I am an awesome bargainer and I didn't even realize it. Amazing. I love this place.