::bretxa::

while waiting for your pintxos tour to start, you stroll around the area by yourself...

 you notice there's a sort of market going on just outside the covered building

 little you know this is a place where the local producers congregate to sell their produces

 you're told this is the 3* mushroom because some michellin chefs just came by and placed their orders

 and every thing you see here are sold directly from the farmers, mean while inside the building that's where the market bretxa is

 it's not surprise to see the ham hanging and for sales here

 likewise the idiazabal cheese, cheese unique to basque country, taste really great and smokey though the cheese is un-smoked

you judge the freshness of the fish by its gills

and seafood is of course the highlight in this market, with tuna (bonito) on every fish stalls as now is the season for it.
you love strolling the market when you're traveling, even though you know you probably won't be able to haul anything back but it's the scents and seeing how the local interact to one another that intrigue you, plus you actually got a good course of explanation as the guide of pintxos tour also brought you here to explain the gastronomy of san sebastian.