This morning we were up early and off to see the local
farmers market. We arrived about 8:45
and it was in full swing. In fact we had
to park quite a distance from the market in order to find a spot. The center of town is completely given over
to the market. This was in the truest
sense a real farmers market as there was not any crafts or junk being
sold. It was all produce (fruit and
vegtables) and flowers. The variety of vegetables
was amazing. There must have been twenty
different kinds of potatoes, of every imaginable colour. The tomatoes ranged from tiny little cherry
tomatoes to huge segmented tomatoes which were a blotchy red and red. The fruit was also amazing as the number of
different kinds of apples and pears for sale was huge. The prices were extremely low as a lot of
the apples and pears were priced at 0.50 Euros per kilogram. Regular potatoes were 0.20 Euros per
kilogram. The flowers were also very
cheap by North American standards. Huge bouquets were selling for 5 Euros. It looked like everyone was enjoying the
bountiful harvest.
We walked through an interesting tiled art display in the
center of town. It was kind of hard to understand
what the artist was thinking of. Maybe
it was some type of post-modern meets apocalypse. But
then modern sculpture was never my strong suit.
After lunch Liam and pulled on some cycling gear and headed
off for a short spin. We headed north along
the coast into a quite stiff head wind.
The views along the coast were absolutely stunning. The blue green of the ocean and the green of
the cliffs was great. We rolled into
the small sea side village of San Martinho de Porto which has a beautiful beach
front and a lively front street. Liam
and I decided we needed a gelato. Sitting in the sun eating ice cream was
great. The trip home with a stiff tail
wind was a lot of fun even though we had some major climbs to complete.
Supper was a treat at a local restaurant in Cladha de
Rainhas.
What a great day.
Terry
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