Day 3 - Mercado 4, Lido Bar, Downtown

Today was another whirlwind morning with Granny!  We headed to Mercado 4, a section of town chocked-full of street vendors. Goods from the store fronts spill onto the sidewalk, and every now and then there's an opening that leads into a maze of corridors with stores selling anything and everything.  Below are pictures that I took on our trip; Google images also has a huge selection of pics, too.

Clothes filled the walls - and the ceilings!

Empanadas and milanesa sandwiches, YUM!

Canopies kept the sunlight out while we shopped

Looking down one of the alleys at a(nother) row of shops

A few of the roads are car "friendly"

Need shoes?

Group shot - this was as good as it got!

Cassie, Bailey and Granny waiting to cross the street

After doing some bartering - socks for Bailey, shoes for Boston and Mommy - we hopped on a bus and headed downtown for some lunch at the Lido Bar (popular lunch spot; Brandon says it's overrated).

Showing Granny around the shops downtown

Yummy empanadas

Granny and our Boston girl; what a trooper she was!

  

Once we had some empanadas and fresh juice in our system, we made two final stops: "the" leather store and a local nic-nack shop.  The owner of the second shop was so taken by Bailey that she gifted her a mini-flute!

Trying out her new flute!

As of now there is absolutely NOTHING on the agenda for tomorrow. But I'm sure something will come up...