La vida de barrio... That's it! One thing about "fruterías", here in Spain is that I could find something very interesting the first time I visited Barcelona (my mother and sister live there).
Where I live, "Fruterías" never display fruit or vegetables outside, at the door, in the street (maybe because of the weather), but in Barcelona every neighbourhood fruit shop has a fruit display outside, and it's a good idea!
Oh interesting! Yeah I think most fruterías here have displays outside, too. Not all, though!
David always talked about la vida de barrio and before I moved I never really understood, but it’s a real thing! Such a cool part of living in Spain, and something that doesn’t happen much in cities in the US (at least in my personal experience).
We have something similar to fruterias here in the UK and they offer some the best fresh fruit! I tend to shop at local farmers markets and I always prefer to buy local because it's often cheaper and I love to support a local community shop or farmer over a big box supermarket.
I think one of the things I miss about Asian culture having grown up in Singapore is all the Asian fruit that you really wouldn't get here! Fruits like rambutan, mangosteens, jackfruit and guava. I used to buy rambutans in a red plastic bag - a bit weird and not "neatly packaged" - from a local shop after I went biking.
La vida de barrio... That's it! One thing about "fruterías", here in Spain is that I could find something very interesting the first time I visited Barcelona (my mother and sister live there).
Where I live, "Fruterías" never display fruit or vegetables outside, at the door, in the street (maybe because of the weather), but in Barcelona every neighbourhood fruit shop has a fruit display outside, and it's a good idea!
Oh interesting! Yeah I think most fruterías here have displays outside, too. Not all, though!
David always talked about la vida de barrio and before I moved I never really understood, but it’s a real thing! Such a cool part of living in Spain, and something that doesn’t happen much in cities in the US (at least in my personal experience).
¡Sí! Aquí la vida de barrio es... ¡una experiencia personal! Es como una ciudad dentro de otra ciuidad.
(Yes! Here, neighborhood life is... a personal experience! It's like a city within a city. )
We have something similar to fruterias here in the UK and they offer some the best fresh fruit! I tend to shop at local farmers markets and I always prefer to buy local because it's often cheaper and I love to support a local community shop or farmer over a big box supermarket.
I think one of the things I miss about Asian culture having grown up in Singapore is all the Asian fruit that you really wouldn't get here! Fruits like rambutan, mangosteens, jackfruit and guava. I used to buy rambutans in a red plastic bag - a bit weird and not "neatly packaged" - from a local shop after I went biking.
Love this. So interesting how big cities can foster more neighborhoodliness (not a word, lol), but something I definitely notice in Brooklyn.