Yes, we just went down these same paths last week, but I went back on Market Day and thought you might like to see it for yourselves. I hope you don’t mind re-visiting so soon.
The vendors commence right up to the road and to the canal. There are many vendors on both sides of the canal and most anything is on offer. How is your French? You can haggle down a price on some goods and some of the vendors speak more than one language.
As you can see from this photo, table coverings must be sufficiently weighted down or clamped. When the Mediterranean winds kick in, things can become airborne.
While Les Halles is only closed about two or three days in the entire year, it’s vendors are finished and closed up by noon. The restaurants serve lunch but close up afterwards and do not serve any other meal.
Until you have bought and used fresh spices in your cooking, it is hard to know what you are missing.
I do love Lavande (Lavender). There are sachets in several drawers and with the linens. Once I read that if you put it under or next to your pillow it would sweeten your dreams and it can be comforting if you are lying down with a headache.
Yes, these are on mens sport socks and I’m afraid that I just couldn’t resist including the photo.
I keep telling myself to buy one. Alas, I wear them so infrequently. They do provide a lot of colour for the price.
The clothes are a big clue as to the season. The next few photos leave no doubt.
After all that shopping it is time for an aperitif…or perhaps lunch? There are many restaurants that would be happy to serve you.
Despite the plaza being filled with items for sale, this is only a small part of the Thursday market. Not far off there is a parking lot that is set aside each Thursday morning for Marché and in addition to what is offered here, there is also have fresh produce, cheeses, and other assorted foods.
Bisous,
Léa
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What a beautiful market! It must be so much fun walking around it 🙂
We like it and I am so glad that you enjoyed it. 🙂
I would love that!
Thank you Pamela. I wasn’t sure how it should go down since I posted on Narbonne so recently. 🙂
It is nice to see the differences!
Soon it will be mobbed with tourists. Being so far south, we get tourist year around but it is about to get really busy. So I do the best thing and head for the beach! 🙂
Love seeing all the spring flowers. I can almost smell the warm spicy breezes in your market. Here, pockets of snow still hide in the shady spots of our yard and more snow is in the forecast this afternoon. Spring in southwestern Ontario. Sigh.
Thank you Heather. The only snow we had near here was up in the Pyrenees.
I dreamed I was in France last night, so this is the perfect post to find this morning!
Why thank you! I was concerned taking everyone down the same steps as I did just days ago.
What fun to browse!
Thank you Cindy. I love the fresh spices.
Oh Lea, The visual splendour! I feel like I have been here now. The scent of lavender and fresh spices. What a wonderful market and the clothes and gardens are bright and bold. Enjoy the warm weather it will be beach time for you soon.
Kath, you remember how much I love the sea. I do believe there is salt water in my veins… Yes, you are right, the market is a feast for the senses. It is growing colder for you so please take extra care!
Spent the day at the beach Lea this weather for the school holidays is wonderful. Not too hot. Not too cold.
Glad to hear it Kath. It is gorgeous here as well and that temptation to head for the beach… you do understand. Of course a book will go with.
Looks gorgeous, I love lavender too 🙂
Ah, next month is the Muguet (Lily of the Valley)! 🙂
Such beautiful little bells 🙂
Absolutely, it is almost as if you could hear them ringing… 🙂
Stunning post. I felt a little like I was there with the gorgeous photos!
Thank you Jennifer.
I so envy you, all of those spices and everything! What a perfect place to explore 🙂 I feel like I just went on a vacation! Great blog!
Thank you Michelle. Yes, it is tough living here on the Mediterranean but someone has to… 🙂 I do hope you will be back!
Such a refreshing, lovely blog entry. A ray of sunshine in this grayish and rainy Toulouse day 😊 Bisous!
Ah, if I had shot it today, it would be grey here as well. Thank you! Léa 🙂 Bisous!
Thanks for the walk. It feels like I’m almost there watching all the beautiful flowers and the lavender and the socks LOL!
Ah yes, the socks. I wondered if anyone would notice? You are the only one who did. LOL! 🙂
I think it was fun! The jokes about the socks must be endless 🙂
But you were the only one to notice! 🙂
I’m a picture person. I always look at pictures, then read text, it the other way around, so I saw the picture first and thought what the… Then I read what you wrote about it.
Like I said, the ONLY one… Well spotted! 🙂
It wasn’t that hard to notice 🙂
Well we both thought so! 😉
Yep! And someone maybe reading this conversation and take a look to see what we’re talking about 🙂
Perhaps? Writer’s are suppose to be observant, and yet… 🙂
You can be observant in different ways. But it’s kind of sad so few noticed the picture.
Actually I was a bit surprised by a few who did not… I wasn’t surprised that you did. I don’t think much escapes your gaze!
I have to rely on my eyes since birth. Only one ear working, so I have to catch up the surroundings with every other sense if I should miss to hear something. So my eyes have always been at work widely 🙂
Regardless, you are a star! 🙂
Thanks and so are you 🌟
super post, comme d’hab’… 🙂 ❤
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P.S. I've just read and did like the quotes, too… especially the one by Carly-Jay Metcalfe: true, realistic and common sense… 🙂
Carly is without a doubt the most amazing woman! Have you seen her blog? Wow! She has also done a TedX Talk. Look for her under Carly-Jay Metcalfe.