Wednesday
and Saturday mornings are market days in Lucca.
On Wednesday we had rain and thunderstorms and weren’t able to get out,
so yesterday we headed out to experience the market for the first time.
The
market consumes a half-mile stretch of the Passeggiata Delle Mura, the road
that runs around the circumference of the old city just inside the walls. On
market days the road is closed on the Eastern side of the city, and both sides
of the street are filled with booths where vendors sell a wide variety of goods.
I
asked Shelley if the market was what she expected, and her answer was she didn’t
know what to expect, but no. We both
expected a farmers market, with produce and various kinds of food for sale, and
there was some of that, but you could also find clothing of various kinds
(T-shirts, dresses, lingerie), accessories (shoes, handbags, jewelry, wigs),
kitchen items, toys, and even kittens.
We bought plums and clothespins.
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