This past Wednesday, the 14th of November, I visited an Open Air Market here in Irkutsk.
I don't have the proverbial clue-in-a-carload if this (The Irkutsk Open Air Market) is its real name.
Below, I believe, is its real name.
Here is a link back to my dot.net Post about last Wednesday's visit here.
http://babakaps.net/?p=32311
It was cold and in the above Post I wrote :
It was, after all, only a mere -13°C / 9°F but for some reason, here in Irkutsk, it certainly felt much colder than it actually was.
Could there-be-something to the nasty little 'rumor' that it actually gets cold here in Russian Siberia in the winter? I'm paid-in-full here in my apartment until February the 8th and we are only into mid-November.
Then I wrote :
I need to come back here to this market and do a photo shoot.
Today I returned and I did the photo shoot I was considering doing last Wednesday.
The Irkutsk Open Air Market
To get to the market I rode the Number 1 Tram.
In the below photos you will see what I mean when I call it an Open Air Market. You will also see what I mean about it being quite a hodge-podge of shopping venues.
Here we go for our little walk.
Man Oh Manischewitz talk about being out-in-the-elements!
The below shopping aisles are under cover so it won't rain or snow on you BUT it still is cold in these areas with no heat.
The below two little shopping venues are really in the out-of-doors.
So too is this aisle way of shops out-of-doors.
The below stall is where I purchased my electric kettle last Wednesday.
Below is one of my kettle's relatives, hoping to find himself a home too.
In the next three photos below, we have come to an area where the shops are inside of heated enclosures.
This is the area where, last Wednesday, I ducked into one of these shops to get warmed up.
And as I ducked into one of them, Mike said to me, "Why do you want to go in there?"
Very bright and colorful. I purchased a dish washing brush here last Wednesday. Do you all see another electric kettle on the left below?
Back in the real out-of-doors!
A photo taken from the Tram stop as I waited for a Number 1 Tram to take me back home to my apartment.
Home we go.
It was a bit of a big-deal me finding the Open Air Market without Mike being along with me.
You ask, "How could you miss Captain? Just get onto the Number 1 Tram and get off at the market."
The trick is getting off at the correct place. And I managed to do so.
Smiles .. I am looking forward to going back again.
Cap
I don't have the proverbial clue-in-a-carload if this (The Irkutsk Open Air Market) is its real name.
Below, I believe, is its real name.
http://babakaps.net/?p=32311
It was cold and in the above Post I wrote :
It was, after all, only a mere -13°C / 9°F but for some reason, here in Irkutsk, it certainly felt much colder than it actually was.
Could there-be-something to the nasty little 'rumor' that it actually gets cold here in Russian Siberia in the winter? I'm paid-in-full here in my apartment until February the 8th and we are only into mid-November.
Then I wrote :
I need to come back here to this market and do a photo shoot.
Today I returned and I did the photo shoot I was considering doing last Wednesday.
The Irkutsk Open Air Market
To get to the market I rode the Number 1 Tram.
In the below photos you will see what I mean when I call it an Open Air Market. You will also see what I mean about it being quite a hodge-podge of shopping venues.
Here we go for our little walk.
Man Oh Manischewitz talk about being out-in-the-elements!
The below shopping aisles are under cover so it won't rain or snow on you BUT it still is cold in these areas with no heat.
The below two little shopping venues are really in the out-of-doors.
So too is this aisle way of shops out-of-doors.
The below stall is where I purchased my electric kettle last Wednesday.
Below is one of my kettle's relatives, hoping to find himself a home too.
In the next three photos below, we have come to an area where the shops are inside of heated enclosures.
This is the area where, last Wednesday, I ducked into one of these shops to get warmed up.
And as I ducked into one of them, Mike said to me, "Why do you want to go in there?"
Very bright and colorful. I purchased a dish washing brush here last Wednesday. Do you all see another electric kettle on the left below?
Back in the real out-of-doors!
A photo taken from the Tram stop as I waited for a Number 1 Tram to take me back home to my apartment.
Home we go.
It was a bit of a big-deal me finding the Open Air Market without Mike being along with me.
You ask, "How could you miss Captain? Just get onto the Number 1 Tram and get off at the market."
The trick is getting off at the correct place. And I managed to do so.
Smiles .. I am looking forward to going back again.
Cap
It really IS something that you were able to get back to this open-air market ON YOUR OWN, ON THE TRAM. Your confidence and your world expands yet again! Amazing that the vendors and the shoppers can be outdoors for hours doing their selling and buying with the temperature being 9 degrees. I wonder what happens when it rains or snows ... maybe no market. We have these open markets in Alaska all SUMMER long, but they cease to exist in the winter. Hearty folks in Siberia! Smiles and hugs. Patti
ReplyDeleteI agree that the Siberians are Hearty Folks. I suppose I will make a trip out on a rainy day and see what I can see as to activity. Some (many) of the vendors looked very stoic sitting there waiting / hoping for a customer. No free rides in this lifetime for so many kind and gentle folks. When (by accident believe me) I stumbled upon the vendor from which I purchased my electric kettle he seemed happy to see me back. That was heart warming. Yes indeed, now that I have a handle upon the Number 1 Tram and its route, my Irkutsk World IS expanding. Much Love .. Cap
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