La Joie de Toulouse III

Photo © Anne-Marie Minhall

Waking up to a view of the Basilica in Toulouse with a blue sky on a summer morning is something I shall remember forever.

Walking around the Victor Hugo Market post-breakfast, equally so.

Today, it's time to walk the aisles with counters filled with fish & shellfish. 

Photo © Anne-Marie Minhall

Packed with the familiar & the unusual. The exotic, the alluring & then the .. well .. fierce looking.

The joy of the market was matched by watching the locals with the vendors; chatting, choosing, buying. 

Mainly women but not exclusively. Without exception though, I saw only keen eyes for the very best produce & price.

Behind the counters, confident (& mainly cheerful,) artisans happy to show off their culinary bounty.

I wanted to grab a bag (or five), spend a few Euros & be heading back to a bolthole with a kitchen & somewhere to cook.

As it was on this day I was about to go in search of the restaurant already booked for lunch.

Would there be time to peruse the cheese & bread delights?

Let's get a sprint on & see.

AMM