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Thursday 4 April 2013

France - Loire Day 02 - Market Day

The next day was market day in Amboise. They had a fantastic assortment of items.
One of the big reasons we liked shopping for food in France was this, they specialize. If you can unfocus through the glare on the glass, you can see cheese. Just cheese. Awesome local cheeses but since he just sells the one type of product he knows his stuff.
Cured meats done many ways with many meats.
Seafood either local or shipped in fresh.
Oysters. Just oysters but you can see how many different kinds and areas they are from with the little signs.
Chicken anyone?
Olives...all kinds.
A soap seller with dozens of different smells and a gentle smell not one that slaps you across the head.
There were also clothes and miscellanea sellers too. I almost bought a CD of someone with my last name who had an album of dancified reggae hits, played on his accordion. Almost.
A nice view of the old bridge going to the North bank.
Live chickens anyone?

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