A day... an experience in Quebec City #1

If you look around the city or state you live in....no really look....I bet you'll find places, destinations others come to see that you just over look. I live in a pretty cool city and I am going to start sharing it with you.

Bienvenue (<--welcome) to Quebec City!





It's never easy driving in Quebec City. Aggressive drivers leave me white knuckled and frazzled, but nothing can stop me when I'm on a mission to visit, Marché du Vieux-Port (<--Market of the Old man-Port) or the more common name, the farmers market.





There is something about the farmers market that makes me feel good. All my senses are in over drive as I walk the narrow aisles. My eyes bouncing from one stand to the next with visions of recipes dancing in my head.






The fluid rhythm of French words greet me upon eye contact. I hide behind my limited vocabulary with a pleasant smile and a warm "Bonjour". Slowly, each bag is filled by the green thumb of hard working Quebecois.





The 15 minutes it takes for me to get there can not go fast enough. Yet, time stands still as I thump and smell the ingredients for dinner. A loonie here and a toonie there, my change purse is emptied. I shuffle out the door, dragging my feet, knowing the work is now upon me. Ahhh, but I have the lost art of canning up my sleeve. (Next post)





Location: The north end of the Louise basin, between the Gare du Palais (palace station) and the Old Port, 160 rue St-André.
History: Written in English Click Here

Do you have a local farmers market? Do you go there? Tell me about it.



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