Must-Visit Markets Around the World
Leah’s Travel Story
I am ____ I have been writing a travel blog since I was 18.
I go ____ and share my experiences with my readers.
Must-Visit Markets Around ____ World
Visiting markets is a good way to ____ about the culture of a country.
Markets ____ places where you can meet people, learn history, and taste local food.
I wonder whether there is ____ better way to discover another culture.
1 Grand Bazaar, Turkey
____ is a country where East meets West, so it has a long tradition of trade.
It is a natural place for large ____ like the Grand Bazaar.
The market was built in 1455 ____ Istanbul.
Back ____ the market had two big buildings, and people traded goods like cloth and gold there.
Today the Grand Bazaar is much bigger, and it ____ the largest covered market in the world.
It has 64 streets ____ more than 4,000 shops under one roof.
The ____ attracts over 250,000 visitors every day.
You can ____ almost any imaginable item there.
Extra Tip: Ask shop owners if they carry nazar boncuğu, a traditional Turkish symbol ____ good luck.
Also, if you want a nice snack, make sure to try ____ a traditional Turkish candy.
2 Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Thailand
In the past, Thai people traded goods on ____
This was the beginning of floating ____ in Thailand.
____ better road transportation, many floating markets disappeared.
Since the late 1960s, however, some of them have come back and ____ the tradition alive.
Today, one of the ____ popular floating markets is Damnoen Saduak Floating Market.
It is always crowded with tourists ____ all over the world.
You can buy local foods and traditional ____ items directly from boats.
Extra Tip: I wonder if you have ever had a meal ____ water.
If not, try ____ like pad thai.
The sellers will cook them on their boats and pass them to you with ____ long fishing pole.
3 Aalsmeer Flower Market, The Netherlands
The Netherlands means "low ____
As the name suggests, about ____ third of the country sits below sea level.
Thus, the Dutch built up the land, and one effective way to use it was ____ grow flowers and sell them.
It is, therefore, no surprise that the country has the ____ flower market in the world: the Aalsmeer Flower Market.
The building where the market is housed ____ bigger than 120 soccer fields.
The market is busy with thousands of flower-filled ____
They are moved mostly ____ electric-powered trucks.
Every day, around 20 million ____ are traded and shipped to all corners of the world.
Extra Tip: You may ____ whether you can buy just a few flowers at the market.
Sadly, you ____ but you can see how wholesale flower trading works.