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Photographs: England, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Borough Market Entrance

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“Borough Market Entrance” — People at one of the entrances to London’s Borough Market.

On many mornings London’s Borough Market can be a happening place. There are lots of visitors — people looking for a coffee or a quick bite, tourists wandering through just to see the place or pick up a souvenir, locals who actually shop for products from the vendors. We were there to grab a cup of coffee and maybe a pastry — though in the end we settled for just the coffee before moving on.

The physical layout of the place is fascinating — maybe almost the antithesis of a neatly laid-out market like the one in Porto, where the vendor stalls are arranged in straight aisles on a grid. Because odd angles intersect at Borough Market — where things align with small streets, major avenues, approaches to bridges, and odd spaces between buildings — the layout feels rather haphazard. Not that this is a problem, especially if you are happy to simply wander a bit.

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Photographs: England, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Borough Market

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“Borough Market” — Shoppers at London’s Borough Market.

Borough Market is located near the south end of London Bridge, which was not far from where we stayed in June this year. (We were near Blackfriars Bridge.) I recall the first time we visited the market on a previous visit, and I loved the bustling place, especially the old steel and glass roof above parts of it. My only regret is that there’s little reason for me to actually shop for many of the products there… when we don’t have access to a kitchen!

This time we walked there from our home base one morning, the plan being partly to get coffee and partly to just visit the market again. As we walked around I was reminded that two main subjects here are the structure sure itself and the crowds of people passing by. This photograph looks past a section of the market devoted to cheese vendors and toward a more brightly lit area open to the sky.

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Photographs: England, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Coffee Building

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Coffee Building
“Coffee Building” — An old, dilapidated building near the Borough Market, London.

Our London lodgings in June were near the end of Blackfriars Bridge, not far from the Tate Modern Museum, the New Globe Theatre, and plenty of other interesting stuff. We were perhaps a ten minute walk from Borough Market, another favorite of ours. So one morning we headed that way for morning coffee and a bit of photography — there’s a lot of interesting stuff to see in and around the Market. As we turned up a narrow street near our destination I saw this fascinating, dilapidated store front.

I was surprised that this quiet street was lined with closed businesses, considering its proximity to some pretty vibrant areas. I’m fascinated by buildings like this one, with their layers of structure and surfaces, some very old, some added over time, and others the result of decay — and I think of them as “street landscapes.” In case you wondered, following that arrow to find coffee would only lead to disappointment.

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Photographs: Europe, Photographs: People, Photographs: Spain, Photographs: Travel

Mercado de Triana

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“Mercado de Triana” — A sale at a stall in the Mercada de Triana, Sevilla.

Keeping with our pattern of visiting Sevilla locations that we could walk to, on this morning we headed across the canal (“Canal de Alfonso XIII”) on a convenient bridge, leaving behind the old town near the cathedral and entering a not-quite-so-old town across the water. There was much to see here, too, including guests arriving for a fancy wedding at a church, lots of locals out for a morning walk, shops and stores geared bit less to the tourist trade, and the Mercado De Triana.

There are, of course, LOTS of markets in European cities. Their size and focus varies. Some are gigantic and attract large crowds of visitors, perhaps less for the available produce and more for the prepared food options and souvenirs. This little market is closer to the traditional market end of the spectrum. For the most part the stalls are unassuming and seem to feature actual produce, meats, seafood, and so on. (There is one spot that offers cooking lessons that seems more tourist-oriented.) We stopped in for coffee and breakfast, then strolled the market, watching the morning activities.

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