Markets, patisseries & boulangeries (bakery) are common place throughout France as is the wine produced in each area. Wine is cheap compared to Australia. You can pay 4 Euros ($6) for a reasonable bottle and as low as 2 Euros - not sure what they taste like, that seems a bit too cheap to me.
After visiting the Villereal market on
Tuesday we also visited the markets in Montapazier and Bergerac during the
week.
On Thursday we visited Montapazier. It is 16km away. It is another bastide town. Bastides were only built in the south
west of France so most of the local towns are bastides.
The weekly market was set up in the town square. We bought fresh fish
& mussels. We had
fish & chips for dinner that night and I cooked the mussels up for
Friday lunch in leeks, shallots, wine, stock and crème fraiche (sour
cream). They were really good, so
fresh. We soaked up the stock with
the obligatory baguette.
This morning (Saturday) we visited Bergerac and its market. It has been a cold day at 3c. We
bought a pastry and an espresso to warm up and sat and watched the market
activity. The old town is
picturesque and very appealing.
Just in case you were wondering – at the
end of the previous blog we were off to buy pizza that night from the pizza man
in the van in Beaumont. It was
yummy – just the way we like it. A
thin base and not too heavy handed with the topping. Jim had ‘jambon’ – ham & cheese with olives, you know
who ate the olives and I had the vegetarian – artichoke, asparagus, green
pepper and olives. If we go again
I will have to remember to take a photo of the van. The guy in the van looked warm and toasty with the wood
fired oven keeping him warm. We
took the menu (translating it at home prior) and pointed at the pizzas we
wanted. Where would we be without
the Internet – hungry!!!!!!
I spent so much time yesterday translating
menus from a couple of local restaurants trying to pick one for our Christmas lunch. It looks like we will
be having a cooked chook here. Our
chicken and seafood will be fresh anyway with the markets to visit a day or two
beforehand and buy our Christmas lunch.
Wonder where I can buy a Christmas pudding!
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| Montpazier's town square (part of) |
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| Montpazier's Mayor's office |
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| Lola - the more bossy one |
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| Fizz - she is more docile & submissive than Lola |
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| Sights of Bergerac |
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| More Bergerac sights |
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| River Dordogne in Bergerac |
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| Melinda's (home owner) soap books - I couldn't fit her other 27 crafts books in the picture |
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