The receptionist recommended we go to the Thieves' (please excuse my grammar of it's not correct, even though I have no excuse since I'm an English Major) Market today, and we were not disappointed. To get there, we walked from the Barrio Alto (where our hostel is, and the highest part of the city) to the Alfoma, which has narrow winding cobblestone streets and the sidewalks disappear into the graffiti'd walls as the trams speed around the bends. I don't think it gets much more beautiful than this.
We didn't buy anything at the market, but Tom got to juggle with strangers in the park next to the market! Then we had lunch at an adorable little white-washed restaurant overlooking the water from about 7 stories up.
We took the long way back and stopped by the castle but didn't go in yet (saving it for another day when we'll have more time to go through it). Instead, we got gelato and walked through more streets, and discovered why some houses have bottle bottoms built into their sides- so that people can prop up their laundry racks on the sides of their houses! I'll take a picture tomorrow because that's not a very good description at all, but here's the ice cream:
Stomached happy, we walked back to the hostel to take a break and find sme wifi. After grocery shopping, we attempted to make pizza and stir fry... And realized too late (aka after the pizza was already completely cooked) that we had bought circular puff pastry instead of pizza crust. Oops. But you know what, it didn't taste half bad! A little different from your average pizza, but we like to live on the edge.
A few games of FIFA later, we finally headed to bed. Get ready, Dad, Matthew, and Nolan- I'll be almost as good as you were the very first time you played that game by the time I get home.
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