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Le Marché, Auriol
Auriol, France Saturday September 24th 2011
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Auriol, France
This morning we headed into town for the Saturday market, parked at the super market and walked into town. I think that everyone in town goes to this market. The atmosphere was great and the produce is much better than in Aubagne. There were fruit, vegetables, flowers, cheeses, meats, seafood, clothes, bags, toys etc, etc.
But first it was coffee in the cafe next to the market. The smokers sit outside, so we headed inside only to see the pre-match build up on the big screen. The local old guys looked at me with great disdain when I enthused over Dan Carter!
We devised our plan for the market……
1. A general recce
2. Gray take photos whilst Rae has a more serious look
3. Shop together
It worked a treat. By the time we met up again, I’d planned the next few meals, seen a cardy I wanted from a lady with whom I’d had a very successful conversation with my pidgen French and her pidgen English and lots of gesturing and giggles.
Laden down with our purchases we walked back to the supermarket and headed home for a simple lunch of fresh bread, ham, tomatoes and yummy cheese. And a ripe, juicy peach.
