Wandering

August 12, 2009 by Lois

Market day. Everything very pretty and oh-so-European-looking. Reminds me of glossy pics from the food magazines. Except, Now I’m Here!!

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Really pretty food, subtly arranged, all quite luscious in appearance. Bio, as in French, indicates organic.

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Lovely chantrelle mushrooms (I think — myco-biology, anyone?).
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And raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, plums, ground cherries…

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Plus the usual flea market “junk,” of infinite appeal to my father and Liliana (SHINY! SPARKLY! CHEAP!).

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And the “fleishe.” Nicholas kept admonishing Liliana not to look!

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Prettier stuff around the corner.

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As for these, umm, well, not entirely certain of their origin or intended purpose. They were, however, in the flower section.

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And in the midst of the idyllic wandering, this behemoth blasts along and reminds us of why we’re in Berlin.

Ah yes.

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The games commence officially this Friday. We continue to wander until then.

Posted in Germany | 5 Comments

on August 12, 2009 at 5:33 pm | Reply ballycroy

See how good I am with the comments. Ah hah you say! Nothing better to do with her time. As she is not overseas. Not so at all.

I love the sparkly stuff. Just for the record. I would be buying the sparkly stuff. Do they have flea markets. There is really nothing like a good overseas flea market.

And why can’t we have those cute little chalk (spelling?) boards? Why? The fruit is fruit. It’s pretty and all. But those cute little chalk boards – they kill me.

Mary

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on August 12, 2009 at 6:05 pm | Reply Pumpkin momma

AAHHH!! it all reminds me of when my mother and father used to go to the Markets with their vegetable so long ago!! Great memories!

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on August 13, 2009 at 1:26 am | Reply lmbelluk

Were your parents selling vegetables or buying?

Tried to get Dad to eat a street-vendor bratwurst yesterday. He declined and had weiss beer instead. Didn’t like the wheat beer — too tart for him.

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on August 13, 2009 at 1:04 pm | Reply Pumpkin momma

My parents at one point in time had a vegetable market with my Opa. I was young but remember it very clearly.

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on August 13, 2009 at 1:15 pm | Reply sherryl

I think those green things are poppy seed pods are they not? Big poppies…good for opium? I’m sure that’s not their current purpose….;)

love the market. why can’t we have cute little woven baskets for our fruit?

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