Parking con leche

Well, Monday, and we´ve heard big things about the Marbella Monday Market so decide that´ll be our morning destination. The only other market we went to was a little dissappointing. You´ve heard me rant about the narrow streets and roundabouts….but let me take a moment to throw in a bit about parellel parking on these winding streets, with barely enough room to move let alone jockey for a skinny parking spot in compitition with the most aggressive drivers in the world. I´ll never complain about the Tacoma Mall Parking lot again. But park we did, and after wiping the sweat from my furrowed brow proceeded on foot to the Monday Market. One of the most interesting walks, as, for the first time we are walking down a very busy Monday work day crowd. To see everyone very wrapped up in their day doing the things they do, visiting socializing and making their way to what ever work their off too. One of the things we took note of is the street cafes where locals were having their coffee in a clear water glass with leche and dipping some sort of pastry. Jackie and I new we would have to be doing that. So after another rather dissappointing market (lots of cheap junk) we stopped off at one of the busier local local street cafes and hung with the locals with our coffee con leche and pastry. Not Starbucks, mind you, but very unique and fun. Well this is Monday and the grocery stores are open. Yeah. We go get provisions…the typical: Brown eggs (still trying to explain that to Ben…and I don´t quite understand myself), Leche, cool little flacky pastrys, pear-apples….and this time in a grocery store that almost looks like home. Al Campo at the La Canada Mall.