Our group chose Courtney’s walk, which was the walk of different markets in Rome. The first stop on our walk was to a market in Testaccio. This market was an indoor market and sold everything from fruit and bread to shoes and clothes. As you enter the market, you walk past a line of about 6 different fish dealers. This, unfortunately created a somewhat pungent aroma inside of this closed in market. The market wasn’t overly crowded at about 9am when we where there, and it looked as is some people were just finishing setting up shop for the day. After everyone took a lap or two around this market, we decided to head on to our next stop on the walk: the market in Campo de’ Fiori.
I had already been to the market in Campo de’ Fiori several times, so I had an idea of what to expect. This market sold pretty much the same things as the market in Testaccio, but on a larger scale. There were probably 2 or 3 times as many vendors in this market. There was one vendor who I hadn’t seen before. He was selling, in my estimation; the largest selection of soccer jersey’s that I have seen in Rome. He had jerseys from just about every European team imaginable. And at 10 Euro per jersey, it wasn’t all that bad of a deal. I picked up a few for friends back home.
Campo de’ Fiori ended up being the last stop on our market walk. It was nice to compare two different markets: one indoor and one outdoor. I prefer the outdoor, because I feel it is more enjoyable to walk around outside and the odors aren’t quite as pronounced outdoors. For vendors, the indoor is likely the market of choice because many don’t have to set up the shop from scratch and take it back down again every day. That must get annoying after a while.
I had already been to the market in Campo de’ Fiori several times, so I had an idea of what to expect. This market sold pretty much the same things as the market in Testaccio, but on a larger scale. There were probably 2 or 3 times as many vendors in this market. There was one vendor who I hadn’t seen before. He was selling, in my estimation; the largest selection of soccer jersey’s that I have seen in Rome. He had jerseys from just about every European team imaginable. And at 10 Euro per jersey, it wasn’t all that bad of a deal. I picked up a few for friends back home.
Campo de’ Fiori ended up being the last stop on our market walk. It was nice to compare two different markets: one indoor and one outdoor. I prefer the outdoor, because I feel it is more enjoyable to walk around outside and the odors aren’t quite as pronounced outdoors. For vendors, the indoor is likely the market of choice because many don’t have to set up the shop from scratch and take it back down again every day. That must get annoying after a while.
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