Lloret de Mar Monthly Market

A selection of photos from todays 'antiques' and 'old stuff' market in Lloret this morning, it was fairly busy - but who buys such stuff ? Classic cars were also on show, and I got photos of another interesting market near the church so more photos tomorrow!

Old keys & spoons !

Bath time !

New dress for Christmas?

Old tables and shelves anyone?

Lloret de Mar Christmas Fare

A traditional Christmas fare market is to be held in the church square tomorrow 11th Dec. Local produce ie: homemade breads, pastries, wine and  liqueurs will be on sale 10am - 2pm. Medicinal creams and herb concoctions will also be on sale,  the stall has something to treat  just about every ailment going!
At the same time the usual monthly market will be taking place in the carousel square. Stalls here are mostly antiques & collectable items (or should l say second hand!) Very interesting books, old photos, postcards from all over Spain are usually on sale.
Some stalls sell very nice handmade jewellery, ornaments and toys etc which may solve 1 or 2 of your Christmas present problems!

Christmas in Lloret

I had to look twice yesterday when a 4 x 4 vehicle passed me with a trailer on the back on which there were 2 police bikes. I've often heard people saying that the police seem to be getting younger these days but they would have to be getting a lot smaller as well to be able to ride these bikes! As the driver of the vehicle pulled up further down the road he let me take some photos before he pulled into his garage to unload them. Inside the grounds of the villa l could hear 2 little excited voices waiting to see their presents, not policemen at all but his two young sons!

Lloret Beach - Tirada a l'Art

There was plenty of activity on Lloret beach today where hundreds of people congregated for the annual Tirada a l'Art event. All those who join in continually pull on the rope to drag the fishing net from the sea, but today after tugging and pulling for about a hour or so when they finally got the net in there wasn't a single fish landed. It looks to me that maybe the Med is running out of fish!

Lloret de Mar Events

A yearly reconstruction of one of the oldest methods of fishing can be seen on Lloret beach tomorrow at 8am and again at 1pm. Many of the locals will gather just as they did years ago to pull in the (hopefully full) fishing nets which have been cast out to sea. Tirada a l'Art shows how the nets were manually dragged from the sea by the people of Lloret in exchange for a few fish to feed their families. Once the nets are in the catch will be cooked and served on the beach for those taking part. See the video below....weather permitting we'll get our own photos and video tomorrow!