During our week-long study tour trip in Barcelona, we visited the Mercat de Saint Josep de la Boqueria, or simply the La Boqueria. La Boqueria is a large public market located in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. One of the city's foremost tourist landmarks, the market offers a diverse selections of goods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, sliced meats, rare spices, dairy products, wines, candies, chocolates, and raw seafood. To further our understanding of the market and its vendors, we (our class) were assigned the task of investigating and research products from our predetermined region of Spain. Given the region of Catalonia, our group of Courtney, Christina, and I collected information on one meat product, one unique to the region cheese product, and one random item or product specifically from Catalonia. Our protein product was meat sausages made from goat; our random Catalonian product was Ratafia liquor. For our cheese product, we bought 10 euros worth of goat cheese, Formatge El Cantell. During our interview with our Italian vendor who sold us the cheese, we discovered that the cheese came from goats raised in the Catalonia region and that goat cheese is very prevalent and popular in Barcelona. After we regrouped with the class, we gathered together in a public area for cheese, wine, and discussion of our experience in La Boqueria. My experience in the market was a great visual experience; I saw so many delicious/tempting foods, but was also a little unprepared for all the raw, various types of fish and the different, severed parts of various animals for sale. Overall, I enjoyed the cheese we bought because it was seasoned in ash/spices and tasted very earthy and goaty.
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