MARKETING ON SUNDAY: The Outdoor Market at Colin, near La Doua

This past Sunday, I took a couple of students out to the Marché au Puces, just over the river from Presque-Ile, the strip of land bordered on both sides by the Saone and the Rhone.

Along the way, we noticed an outdoor market and stopped to do a little shopping. The other two, who live in the dormitories, opted for a large rotisserie chicken (poulet roti), while I hunted around for bargain-basement priced vegetables.

And there they were: 1,50 EUR for a 2 kilograms of onions, 2 EUR for a beautiful plate of green string beans (again), 1,50 EUR for 2 kgs of potatoes, and 1 EUR for a plate of white asparagus cuttings (perhaps 1kg, origin Peru (?)). This should last me for the week, although I wonder with the busy schedule I have with classes (see another entry) just how much cooking I'll be able to do.

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ACCESS:
Take the A Metro Line to Cordeliers Mettro Station. Walk in the direction of the church and the Saturn electronics store. Just beyond the Saturn electronics store is a bus stop with Bus #27. Board there and ride it and get off at the stop called "Colin."