The Tuesday Market La Placita

Trip Start Jan 01, 2006
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Trip End Feb 28, 2006


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Thursday, January 12, 2006

The Tuesday market, called La Placita, is now located next to the big grocery store, the Gigante, on the outskirts of town. We made two trips, one right after we arrived and another just to sight see with our friends, the F's. You can get there and back by one of the local buses or taxi. But the first time we went, we made the mistake of getting there mid afternoon and then hitting the Gigante as well so we were loaded with all kinds of purchases and trying to get a taxi back to town about four in the afternoon--bad idea. Fortunately the woman ahead of us in line in front of the Gigante, after we had waited over 20 minutes, invited us to join her in her taxi when one finally came. The big topic of conversation between her and the taxi driver was when the Commercial Mexicano, one of the big supermarket chains, was going to build its store. There are Costco's and Sams Clubs in nearby Queretaro but that takes a car and an hour to get there.

The Tuesday market is a big outdoor, one day a week, open market that sells everything, from fresh fruits and vegetables, cheese, beans, nuts, chicken, shrimp, meat to clothes, housewares, used license plates, hardware, appliances, etc. A lot of the clothes are second hand and the discos are gray market pirated copies and other stuff looks like rejects from a garage sale but it is all spread out and business is brisk and the prices are low.

Go in the morning when it is cooler and the dust isn't all stirred up, watch your wallet and camera, and enjoy the action.
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