A little bit of Australia in a French market / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

August 2, 2017 2:57pm CST

Recently we spent three nights with friends in a quaint little village near Capestang in France. On the Sunday we went to the markets and enjoyed wandering up and down the various aisles. You could have bought just about anything there. There were many food stalls and many selling ‘products de terroir’ (products of the local region) such as olive products of all sorts, a vast array of cheeses and pates as well as meat and fish products. Local vegetables and fruits were selling well too. I liked this photo of the colourful bags. If I’d noticed the one incorporating the Australian flag I might have taken more notice of it. As it was we bought some soap and some pates which we left for our friends to enjoy.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

3 Aug 17

I love going to local markets when we travel, I am sure they will love their gifts.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

4 Aug 17

@JudyEv We do it mostly in England but yes I think popular all over Europe.

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DianneN

@DianneN (246525)

• United States

2 Aug 17

What vibrant and colorful totes! I love to buy native products when I travel, including soaps. Those gifts for your friends sound perfect. I love pate!

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73326)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

2 Aug 17

That is an interesting assortment of bags. Imagine finding these in France.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 17

I sometimes do a jigsaw online and these remind me of some of the ones I've had to solve.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43421)

• Denver, Colorado

3 Aug 17

Those certainly are some colorful bags.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 17

They're obviously catering for tourists. There are some stars and stripes bags there too.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43421)

• Denver, Colorado

3 Aug 17

@JudyEv - I did notice that, and I really wasn't looking for it.

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Sai

@vsai2008 (11796)

• India

2 Aug 17

I like the colorful and bright picture I hope you had a good time :)

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 17

Thanks. Yes, we've enjoyed our time very much.

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Sai

@vsai2008 (11796)

• India

3 Aug 17

@JudyEv

Farcha

@Farcha (677)

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5 Aug 17

That's amazing ! and It is a Good initiative selling ‘products de terroir’, in order to valorize these products and the region as well

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Aug 17

The French are right into promoting the products of their particular region. And good luck to them for doing it too.

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Farcha

@Farcha (677)

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5 Aug 17

@JudyEv I add also organic products, those are healthy

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

2 Aug 17

those are great there.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

3 Aug 17

@JudyEv I sure did.It is quite a collection there

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 17

Did you notice the stars and stripes ones too?

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (48908)

• United States

3 Aug 17

Those bags are so pretty.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 17

It would be hard to choose I think. They're all nice.

M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

16 Nov 17

I go to our local farmers' market every Saturday.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Nov 17

We have a monthly one nearby and next week they are incorporating a car boot sale as well. So we are going to load up some items we don't want and take them to the sale.