Tom S.
Yelp
I came with the intention to just browse like a tourist. I did have my shopping bag, so I began with the thought... "okay maybe just a little hunk of cheese and a baguette for a noon time snack".
95 minutes later I walked back to my apartment with 2 bottles of wine, a barquette of serrano ham, a duck saucisson, 3 different cheeses, peaches, nectarines, a box of strawberries, a small chocolate cake, a bee hive pastry, a biologique ble complet baguette, some terrine..... And maybe I forgot something while typing this. The bag weighed over 8 kg on the 1.5 km walk home with the July afternoon temperature of 38 degrees.
So the original plan for an easy afternoon snack evolved into a grand scale feast.
Of course this market is not the largest in all Europe, it"s actually quite humble in size and appearance. Street vendors spill out over the exterior of the building, looks like Bordeaux needs a bigger market.
I love this market because it feels old, authentic, honest, human, and proud. Oh yeah, all the food I purchased was top notch delicious.
Experiences like this make me wish that I was European and not Californian.