I Love Markets

I hate to cook, but I love markets! 

I don’t know why, or what it is about them, but wherever I am in the world, the marketplace seems to beckon me.  The simplest explanation might just be that it is a magical melding of the 3 C’s…Color, Cacophony and Camaraderie.  And, oh yes, lest we forget number 4…the s-cents!

Grab your virtual shopping bag and let’s go marketing around the world.  I’m sure you will find everything from soap to nuts!  Let’s begin with soap.

MARSEILLES, FRANCE--MARCHE DU PRADO:  Around 600 BC, Greek merchants from Asia Minor founded the port town of Massilia (Marseilles) that is now Marseilles’ bustling Vieux Port (Old Harbor).  The twenty-six centuries that followed have made Marseilles the oldest of the great French cities and the city with the second largest population in France.  Although Marseilles lies at the western end of the Cote d’Azur (French Riviera), do not expect Riviera ritz and glitz.  What you can expect is a vibrant ancient port town that  has become a leading place in theater, sport, and fashion design.

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