A candy store at Recife shopping mall, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Photo by WILLIAM ROTHSTEIN
This tiny gem of a shop, for the chocolate obsessed, is well worth a taxi ride from downtown. Staff minding the till have an extensive knowledge of chocolate and exhibit real pleasure in helping you choose from the decadent stacks and piles of imported and locally produced sweets.
Chocolate contains compounds called flavonoids that can help maintain a healthy heart and good circulation -- the same things sex can do for the body.
In central Herat, you'll find alleyways around the Alexander the Great fortress that are fun to walk around in. You'll find burkas, Chinese toys, dried fruit and nuts, rugs, candy makers, and all kinds of other stuff.
My wife and I wandered into the market from Las Ramblas, our eyes drawn to the bright colors strewn everywhere in the form of candied fruits; our ears buzzed with the sounds of buyers and sellers haggling in Catalan.
We opted for a small sample, a single pineapple ring. It was sweet, it was delicious, it was exotic and familiar at the same time.