The Loire Valley and especially Blois
One of the things we enjoy about the Saturday market is our coffee and cake stop. Jean-François still has his coffee stall but no tables of course. Fortunately we have found this little corner away from the madding crowd. L’une des choses que nous aimons bien au marché de samedi est notre pause-café et viennoiserie. …
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Unfortunately I didn’t see Santa from the front at the market today to check he was wearing a face mask but I thought he looked a little sad from the back. Malheureusement je n’ai pas vu le père Noël de face au marché aujourd’hui pour voir s’il portait son masque mais je trouvais qu’il faisait …
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This photo was taken when we left the market this morning. It was 1 degree. The second was taken 2 hours later on the way home, after going to Biocoop, the organic supermarket and Intermarché, the regular supermarket. It was 4 degrees by then. Next Saturday we will only have to go to the market …
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I wouldn’t buy such pale green spinach myself but I admired the way Junior was helping Mum at the market. Personnellement je n’achèterais pas des épinards aussi pâles mais j’ai admiré la façon dont le petit gamin aidait sa mère au marché.
The market was very busy today. I really liked the baker’s plastic glove in the second photo. He would just slip his right hand in, serve the bread or pastry, then put it back in place before handling the change. Il y avait beaucoup de monde au marché aujourd’hui. J’ai bien aimé le gant en …
Judging from the long queue at the market today, we are not the only ones pleased to be able to buy fresh organic fruit and vegetables directly from the producers! The markets were closed during the spring lockdown after one week but very few people were wearing masks at the time. Étant donnée la longue …
This is some sort of squash at our Saturday market in Blois but I haven’t seen it before. C’est un espèce de courge au marché de Blois mais c’est la première fois que je la vois.
Every household has a shopping caddy in France to take to the market or neighbourhood supermarket but not all are this colourful. Ours is boringly black. The first one says “I cultivate gentle living” but it is a play on words because “douceur” also means “sweet”. The second one says “detox shopping” and down the …
As the number of people testing positive for Covid and in intensive care rises in France, wearing masks that cover both mouth and nose, social distancing and frequent hand-washing are increasingly important. Sadly, few people seem to realise that all three are needed. Avec l’augmentation du taux de tests positifs au coronavirus et de patients …
The market is not nearly as much fun wearing a mask but no one wants to catch the dreaded virus. We had a polite argument with the baker who served two people before us, picked up her phone each time and cut our brioche without using gel. But I think next time she will ?. …