At the market you can try before you buy. Everyone is very friendly. We bought some olives with ginger from this young guy. They sound odd but they taste wonderful.
Here's a couple other shots. They even wheel in trucks that open up to become butcher shops. We managed to find ourselves some dinner ingredients very quickly.
The afternoon was dedicated to Arles and walking in Vincent's footsteps, that would be Vincent Van Gough, who lived in Arles for the last and most productive part of his life.
But our plans were foiled by our rental car, which developed a clunking sound. So after a nice lunch and a quick walk around, we tracked down the Europe Car office. They quickly gave us a replacement car but it took most of the afternoon.
Here are a couple Arles photos.
This one is the sanitorium where Vincent was hoitalized and painted in the courtyard.
Country markets are always friendly places with amazingly fresh produce.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting to just walk to the farmers market and buy what you need fresh for the next few days.
ReplyDeleteAnd to live in such a lovely place.
cheers, parsnip
You would love this market Parsnip. Everything was so very fresh.
DeleteNot unlike our local market, from what you're describing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots!
Lucky you to have a local market like that. Is it a weekly one?
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