San Telmo Sunday Flea Market
Our last day in South America was spent at the outrageous San Telmo Sunday market. It was still dark outside when we began hearing the activity outside on Defenca, home to the Sunday market. Rick's Place opens to Defenca, which is blocked
every Sunday for at least a mile to accommodate the artisians, performers, musicians, hordes
of shoppers, and more.
This was the famous Sunday flea market in San Telmo.
Imagine the Boulder Pearl Street Mall in summer, combined with the old Mercado
in De la Guerra Plaza for Santa Barbara Fiesta. The San Telmo was an amazing
display of artisans, talent, goods, antiques, street musicians, food and more.
We met up with Karla and Graciela (puppy) and began our full day of street marketing.
By now shopping has become my favorite sport and the stuff here was so interesting
that I was into it for most of the entire day. People watching is unsurpassed, the street performers, musicians is like nowhere else.
If you ever go to Buenos Aires, you must go to the San Telmo Sunday market. This was a perfect finale for an amazing month in South America. Early dinner and back to the B&B to pack and prepare for our long journey back to Santa Barbara.
