{"id":28858,"date":"2015-09-24T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=28858"},"modified":"2015-09-25T09:03:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T14:03:05","slug":"french-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=28858","title":{"rendered":"French Farmers’ Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite things to do when we travel is browse through the local markets that are set up in the city center a few days each week.\u00a0 In my opinion seeing them in the fall is the best.\u00a0 Of course, that could be because fall is my favorite season.\u00a0 I was looking through my photos and came across these photos I took last year in a town called Metz, France.\u00a0 We are gearing up for another European bicycling vacation in a few weeks, and these photos make me want to pack my bag right away.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy them.<\/h3>\n

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The vendors for these markets often have specialties.\u00a0 There’s the cheese man, the fish man, the beef man, the sock man, the kitchen utensil man, etc.<\/h3>\n

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There’s usually a vendor who roasts chickens and potatoes and then sells the meal.\u00a0 They are really delicious.\u00a0 A few years ago Mr. Right and I rode our bicycles all the way from the top of France to the bottom.\u00a0 We actually started at the English Channel and ended at the Mediterranean sea.\u00a0 It was wonderful but very difficult because some of our routes were the same ones covered by that year’s Tour de France.\u00a0 We had a day off in a village at the top of a mountain, and we bought our lunch from the chicken\/potato man.\u00a0 We bought the whole bird and ate the whole bird.\u00a0 Yum!!!<\/h3>\n

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People watching at these markets is really fun.\u00a0 It is almost like walking back in time.\u00a0 The city centers usually look the same way they did hundreds of years ago except for he addition of electricity.\u00a0 The women are usually dressed very smartly ( I love that word), and they often ride their bicycles to the market.\u00a0 If you have read At Home With Madame Chic<\/span> or Lessons from Madame Chic<\/span> by blogger Jennifer Scott, then you know what I’m talking about when it comes to the way they dress.<\/h3>\n

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Market day often comes with its own cast of characters.\u00a0 This man was in a market in northern France, but I just had to share his photo with you.\u00a0 He and his dogs entertained for coins.\u00a0 He played the portable\u00a0 organ, and the dogs howled.\u00a0 As a southern girl I have to say, “Bless their hearts.”<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n

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