Just of La Rambla, Sensory Overload in a form of the Mercat de La Boqueria.

Each neighborhood has its own market though this is one of the oldest and largest. Independent businesses are working under the same roof.

Everything from fruits and vegetables to beef and fish.

Mornings are market time with shop keepers opening early. By siesta, it’s all over until the next day.

Further down on the opposite side of La Rambla, is the Blanca Real.

Catalans are collectors and traders by tradition and heritage.

Half the—is for coins, the other stamps between enthusiasts trading everything from cover caps that Spanish champagne to cigar rings.

Gaudi, Barcelona’s most famous architect got his start here designing two of the street lamps in the—

On the stamp side, serious collectors are examining old postcards.

Male: Sometimes the people look for embellish of this country. No money. We sell postcards about my country here in Catalonia and sometimes we sell postcards around the world. And we have postcards like in the Second World War of the Spanish Civil War and another traumatic postcards.

On the coin side, roman coins. Romanian coins, Russian coins and many others covering most of the alphabet, serious trading here.