We are having a great time visiting Farmer's Markets around the area. Today was the market in Nyons. While Selina shops, Patricia takes her photographs, which means shopping takes twice as long; the results, however, will be totally captivating in both ways, Selina's food and Patricia's pictures.
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Mouth watering figs |
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An amazing variety of sausages |
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Every market has its Paella |
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Garlic in great abundance and a boy showing off |
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This is a major olive growing area |
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Fresh bread, anyone? |
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Sweet cantelope |
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Puff pastry, tapenade, cheese, tomato and basil grilled; yum |
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Olive oil, olives, tapenades right from this area |
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Love her mauve blouse for selling lavender bouquets |
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Bulk spices by the bag full |
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Local residence overseeing the market in the plaza |
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Olive oil soaps |
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Du fromage, madame? |
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Selina's favorite cheese, Morbier. Delicious |
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And provided by her special 'bio' merchant |
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Colorful seafood presentation with a huge variety |
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Great mural of a classic old Citroen |
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Olive cultivation areas around the Mediterranean |
Once finished with the market, we went to an Olive Museum to discover how Olive Oil and all its other products are made - very educational. I am happy I could do this now and not when I was in school, otherwise the teacher would have made me write a report. Oh, dang, this is what I am doing now.
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Ancient olive press
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Olive product and gift packages |
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Old fashion olive picking ladders |
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Olive Oil |
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And after a long day, Selina sets a beautiful table with organic (bio) foods from the region |
Thank you Patricia for always editing the blog and sharing some of your pictures.
This is getting a bit torturous.
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You two are having way too much fun!! Miss you. Marion
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