Sep 26, 2010

Marche (with a stress mark on the e)


Marche (with a stress mark on the e) is French for market, and this particular market was started a few years ago by students at my old university. It was a project carried out by the students in the business-related department. (The English name kept changing but these students were studying business, entrepreneurship, to be specific. This year is the biggest yet with 80+ booths. There were sections selling food. This first booth was selling fruits and vegetables.This nearby booth was also selling vegetables but they also had this huge pot of vegetable soup which people were buying and eating out of Styrofoam dishes.
This booth was selling things that were made from fish pasted and then fried. My wife bought one of the brown balls that the hand (not hers) is pointing at. She ate it after we got home and said that it was very good - fish paste and gobo (burdock root) mixed together and then fried in deep fat.
These are like potato chips but made from rice flower and fried. We bought a package that was flavor with Camembert cheese. The sample they gave us was delicious.
This booth was selling baby clothes. We bought some to go to one of the many babies currently in our lives.
This booth was in the area sell food to eat there. I bought a couple of the sausages from the large pan in the middle. They came with some homemade chili sauce - great!
This place was selling knickknacks and old junk.
This shop was into used books. There were a few English books but nothing I wanted with the exception of some illustrated books that were too expensive.
This is the entrance into the food to eat there section. As you can see, there were lots of people and it was still before noon. Notice the person on the extreme right with a glass in his or her hand. Many of the booths sold beer and wine. One even had mixed drinks. I imagine that later tonight the place will be pretty wild. Starting after dark there is going to be a jazz concert. If I were still drinking, I might have thought about going, but I think I will stay home and relax.
This truck was selling pizza and beer. Just after I took the picture, they brought out a pizza and were giving away slices for free. The place became mobbed. I had to wait quite a while to get this picture without anyone blocking the shot.

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