Spain Day 8 and on to London

El Rastro is a giant flea market.  I love wandering around through booths looking at the random collections of things—comic books in Spanish!  X-rated videos!  Underwear featuring Angry Birds!  Leather purses!  High-quality imported Guns ‘N Roses t-shirts!  Also religious medals, rusty keys, Guatemalan textiles, hemp goods, leather purses and belts, wind-up toys, and pretty much anything else I could think of.

It was a fairly long walk to get there.  We went early in the morning, so the streets were almost empty.

Because we were in a city, there are monuments and statues all over the place.  I liked this one:

And for fans of YoungFrankenstein, I offer this Nice Knocker:

I revived Brent with chocolate and churros before we hiked back to the hotel.  And then we left for the airport.  Our London flight was uneventful, which is the best kind of flight.  The British phase of the adventure begins tomorrow!