Today we had the morning free so a group of us decided to go to the Russian Markets. I still haven’t figured out why they were called the Russian markets, since there doesn’t seem to be anything Russian about them! The stores were jammed packed in and out of a covered area. There was a silk corner, a wet market, home wares, fakes (of course), electrical goods, machinery and silverware. Wandering around, I couldn’t figure out how any of them make any money! When you have 20 stores, all crammed into a small aisle, all selling the same thing, how do you choose which store to buy your silk pyjamas?? I was well behaved and only purchased items for house building. Ant on the other hand, made his way through his list and came back with
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