41/43.- Tarragona, Serrallo Fishermen Auction

On the other side of this wall there’s the market. This is a modern market, electronics have substituted the old auctions shouts by buttons. It looks like an ebay’s auction. Every buyer has a button and when he thinks the price is right he presses the button. Maybe if you ask, they will let you in, but I tell you, you won’t see much. I saw it once on the tv, and it was quite fun, because every buyer tried to confuse the others and hide the pressing of his button, but apart from that there was not much movement in the market.

We will now take a look at the 'Port Esportiu', the place to be on a weekend night ...

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