Thursday 21 July 2011

Every day is market day



We visited a market practically every day that we were in Provence.  In each area, there are bound to be two or three towns that would have a market on any given day.  The biggest one we have visited was at St. Remy, even bigger than the one at Aix-en-Provence and one we've enjoyed the most because of the variety of merchandise.  The beautiful voice of Mirielle singing in the marketplace at St. Remy also made this a memorable locale for us.  We were lucky to find a seat in the cafe in front of which she was singing.  You can hear a clip of her singing:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2ClzhJ0lxg
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Here is the Aix market, right outside the Hermes store!




Baskets - a signature provencal market fare,

A happy customer -

The cleanup afterwards

St. Remy market is spread out over many streets and squares with a wide variety of merchandise,


 Look at the array of door knobs!

and your choice of cheese stalls



 hats,

a family affair!


 Not to mention your choice of street musicians,    


on the Cours Mirabeaux in Aix-en-Provence

St. Remy

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