Leiden Market

It seems about time that I post some of the things seen at the fresh market found in the heart of Leiden on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Some of them are the normal expected things such as over priced nick-nacks and very smelly cheese. Other things like Anonymous showing up, wearing their infamously-adopted masks, are special events.

Markets are a hallmark of civilization, where
people come to share their goods and meet friends.

As the weather get colder and colder I wonder how the market turn out with hold up. The real reason people go to these is not for the wonderful prices, which aren't so wonderful at all, but for the warm and cozy feeling they get from seeing old faces of friends. It is a pell-mell of scampering children, strolling paramours, the curious, and foreign tourists. There is a constant mumble of voices in the air as everyone is avidly chatting about something they see and want, or did over the past week.

Anonymous makes an appearance. I note that one
or two are missing masks so I try to avoid revealing
their identities.

The cafes are bustling centres of all sorts of folk. The vibrations reach a creacendo mid-afternoon as the sun starts it's descent and people start scrambling for the best deals as vendors try to get rid of their last items. By 17:00 the city verges on desserted once again and things return to normal.