to market to market
to market to market to buy a plum bun
home again home again market is done
home again home again market is done
Mother Goose
I love the festive excitement of outdoor markets, particularly the ones in small country towns. It is a treasure trove of the best of all things local - from farm-produce to mouth watering home-made jams, happy fresh-cut flowers of the season to quaint arts and crafts.The Saturday market in the medieval renaissance town of Uzes is such a one. Except this one is huger than any I have ever been to. Set up in Place aux Herbes, it covers several blocks radiating in all directions, filling streets, vaulted archways and buildings.
After 3 hours of poking around hundreds of stalls, I found that I had barely covered a quarter of the marketplace. By then, it was 1 pm and the stalls were starting to pack up for the day.
Note to self : I will have an earlier start and not loiter in any one place for too long the next chance I have to return to this fascinating market.
6 comments:
the cheese! the bread! yum - EDPJ
what beautiful colors! i love the sights, sounds and smells of these markets!
3 hours! perfectly understandable. everything looks beautiful.
edpj - they were! and oh, the freshly made nougat!
imp - yes...everything is so alive!
wildgoose - 3 hours and only a quarter of the market covered! need better strategy.
I'm weeping with envy now. I love weekend markets especially those in Europe! Lots of fresh produce, cheeses, wines... I'm getting hungry now.
eveline - oh this one @ uzes has to be the mother of all ang moh weekend markets!
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