Market day then home...
We spent our last morning in Paris delighting in our neighborhood farmers' market and the unique items found there. Many Parisians (especially among the older generations) abstain from buying fresh produce, cheese, meat and fish from their corner supermarket, and for good reason: traditional Paris food markets count in the dozens, with several open one or more days a week in every neighborhood. Market products are often fresher, more flavorful, and less expensive than supermarket counterparts. It can also be a lot more environmentally friendly since the fresh fruit and produce in particular tends to come from local farms. Not to mention that the Paris market experience is always a colorful and stimulating one. Fruit vendors call out the latest bargains in singsong tones, coaxing you to come sample a juicy wedge of tangerine or garden tomato. At the cheese stand, you can solicit an expert opinion on which goat cheese is best paired with the wine you bought. It was the perfect way to end our week in Paris.
We are now 'home' in Spoleto, exhausted but happy for having had a wonderful French experience.
We are now 'home' in Spoleto, exhausted but happy for having had a wonderful French experience.
You can't escape the past in Paris, and yet what's so wonderful about it
is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly
that it doesn't seem to burden.
-Allen Ginsberg
is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly
that it doesn't seem to burden.
-Allen Ginsberg
2 comments:
Glad you are home. The market looks interesting. I would like to see a picture of one of the boys gnawing on a pig foot though. :) What do you do with that? Make soup?
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You are going to miss the markets and all the wonderful fresh food and great wine for sure!
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