Market!

This Saturday I finally had a chance to go with Myriam to the fruit and veggie market. She goes every over Saturday but I was always gone on the Saturday she would go. It was really interesting. We left about 6am! It's in a part of Quito where I had never been. When we got there, she and Elman (my host dad) took the baskets out of the car and Myraim pretty much took off running to her favorite vender. She very much has a routine with what she buys there and who she buys it from. I wanted to buy a grapefruit but instead the vender just gave it to me. The people who you buy from frequently are called "caseros." The part that really grossed me out was the meat. All sorts of freshly dead, whole animals. Yuck! One place even had a pile of chicken heads... Of course there was always the option of buying your meat really fresh: still alive! I wanted to buy a rabbit but Myriam said no because it would eat her plants. I did buy some kiwi though. Yum! Myriam´s job was picking out and paying for everything, I helped carry baskets while Elman had the privelege of carrying everything back to the car when the baskets got too full. It was really interesting watching how Myriam bargained for the prices she wanted. After about an hour, we had everything we needed for the next two weeks (except the things Myriam forgot) and headed home.