we were lucky enough to have a few hours to spend at the weekly market in the town of sainte-foy-le-grande during our bike trip in bordeaux. the market is a huge part of the local economy--and the place where most of the people in surrounding rural towns buy their food for the week. the beautiful town is right on the dordogne river, and is one of the oldest bastille towns in france. don't bother asking me what that means, because i don't know--i wasn't paying attention during our tour.
i've been to quite a few open markets in my travels, and this was one of the best i have ever seen. the most fresh, beautiful veggies and fruits, fresh meat and fish, and also, the most expensive gummy bears that i have ever tasted. notably, related to my last post, i noticed that the meat in the marked actually looked like the animal it came from! and contrary to the idea that the french are unfriendly, some of the warmest, most friendly people we met during our trip. we had so much fun poking around. here are some of my favorite shots!
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| some of the oysters were opened to give customers an idea of what's inside! |
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| we loved the look of these tomates |
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| might have been ripped off b/c we looked like biking tourons, but 15 euro for a small bag of candy! |
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