San Telmo markets
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Caught a taxi out to San Telmo to the Ferio de San Telmo, which is the regular Sunday market at Plaza Dorrego. The cobblestone streets here are really a sight and the stalls line both sides of the streets along the cross streets leading from the plaza. Tango is the theme everywhere here and many bars and galleries offer tango shows. The crowds really bustle about as they search for the perfect antique or souvenir to buy. There are street performances by bands (there were two tango orchestras there on Sunday) and both traditional and tango dancers. They are so colourful and a lot of the paintings were just beautiful... Of course there was also a lot of garbage for sale or 'bric-a-crap' as it shall now be called. The locally made produce looked really good and the leather goods and knives on display weren't too bad either.
Lots-of-tourists-with-cameras-everywhere! There was a guy with a beautiful new digital SLR camera who was taking pictures of tango performers in the outdoor arena of the plaza. He was holding it aloft while shooting over people's heads and I had to laugh as every shot I saw him take was a beautiful picture of the backs of people's heads.
We went to a bar called Pappa Deus for a drink and some tapas and were entertained by a two-piece group playing a mixture of music (tango and contemporary). They weren't too bad and it was a great day.
Posted byAndrew at 5:00 am