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Spain is a flurry of sights and smells and sounds, and no place exemplifies this better than\u00a0Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria (or la Boqueria<\/em> for short).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Entrance to La Boqueria from La Rambla.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A gigantic covered market in the heart of Barcelona, la Boqueria is sensory overload defined. Stalls are packed close, infusing the air with an erratic medley of odors; the fleshy warmth\u00a0from the butcher’s booth dances jubilantly\u00a0with the overripe rot of sundry\u00a0fresh juice stands, affronting the senses and confusing the eye.\u00a0Hanging dried ham legs and eerily large cow’s tongues–in-body attachment and all–unapologetically provide lessons in livestock anatomy to any unfortunate glancers. (Really, the meat stands are\u00a0enough to immediately convert any on-the-fencers into\u00a0vegetarians.)<\/p>\n

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Pre-poured fresh-squeezed juices arrayed in a rainbow of colors perch on feathered\u00a0pillows of ice, tempting the thirsty with unexpected blends like coconut-blackberry and pitahaya<\/em>-mango. At a chicken coop-themed hut you’ll find an\u00a0egg lady peeking out from\u00a0behind her baskets of straw, where eggs are piled impossibly high into\u00a0delicate Humpty-Dumpty pyramids.<\/p>\n

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There are boxes and bins of nuts and spices, spooned\u00a0to spill over and smell something\u00a0like home. There are stands with gummies packed two stories high, a chaotic blend of colors and shapes and artificial flavors. There are bars, tapas spots, frozen sea creatures, and fist-sized macaroon-gelato sandwiches. Items that just don’t belong take their place\u00a0alongside\u00a0offerings found nowhere else in the world.<\/p>\n

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You’ll find\u00a0chocolates and squids and baked goods and animal heads. You’ll find fried seafood cones\u00a0\u00e0 la cliffside Mediterranean fishing village and marzipan blobs molded to look like\u00a0McDonald’s fry cartons. Enormous vats of homemade paella (aptly labeled paella orgasmica<\/em>) unfurl\u00a0a salty-hot steam while\u00a0fruit towers glimmer\u00a0as if they’ve arrived naked\u00a0from Eden. La Boqueria is as loud as it is vibrant and hectic and crowded and exhilarating. It is captivating and overwhelming in the best possible way.<\/p>\n

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It’s much more than\u00a0a market–it’s an experience. A way of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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