Sometimes when travelling, it is hard to avoid the tour busses and mobs of schoolkids and feel like you have really gotten a taste of the true local culture of the place you are visiting. Some just eat in restaurants and try to decipher the menus, others go to a food market and get a close look at what they will be eating.

The Boqueria market in Barcelona is one of the oldest and best in Europe. Half train station, half warehouse, it is a huge complex of seemingly endless shops and stalls. With bakeries, pastry shops, cured jamon ... (more)