Since today was Bastille Day, our class topic was the French Revolution, Franco-American relations, and the story of the structure built to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution - the Eiffel Tower. We viewed a great video I had brought along that told the story of the building of the tower and many historical facts surrounding the tower since its building.
This afternoon, since Ruth had an errand in the old section of town, we went along to see what it was like. One of the interesting things we saw there was the open air street market. There were sights and smells that were totally resistable!!!
In keeping with the tradition of a picture being worth a thousand words, I’ll post some pictures below with minimal comment.
One street in the market area…
There are many vendors of fresh produce like the one below…
Fresh (?) meat was also available…
Dried meats of all kinds were abundant, like the dried fish below…
When I saw a basket of one of their delicacies, I had to snap a picture.
In case you can’t tell, that’s chicken feet!
Some people prefer to buy live animals and prepare them themselves. We saw live creatures in cages and swimming in containers - chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, rabbits, house cat (seriously!), fish, many varieties of turtle, eel, and even snakes…
… or if you prefer the convenience of dried snakes, all tied up in a pretty pink ribbon…
More updates will follow as situations present themselves to us.
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on Jul 15th, 2005 at 4:39 pm
Rob, and you thought BJ offered an education!! Look what you’ve learned in just a week or so!! LOL! I know you’ll always treasure this experience. (Wish I could be seeing it with y’all … except living in a luxury hotel.)
on Jul 16th, 2005 at 7:38 am
Enjoyed your pictures and comments. I’m thinking of you. I just finished my CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Adults) June 24, so your experience is especially interesting. Who knows? I may end up teaching English in China. Have you tried the snake yet? Mmmm!
on Jul 16th, 2005 at 8:47 am
The updates and this blog are great. I put a link to the blog on my toolbar and with one click, I’m here. I’m glad that the Dining Common isn’t into serving “world cuisine!” Yuck!
I’m keeping y’all in my thoughts.
Ann
on Jul 17th, 2005 at 5:54 am
Thanks so much for sharing your experiences and pictures! It is really interesting. All is well on Yonah Court. We are thinking of ya’ll and hope all is going well.
Mary R
on Jul 17th, 2005 at 7:31 am
“I’m glad that the Dining Common isn’t into serving “world cuisine!” Yuck!”
Not yet.
Food is an amazing thing. New foods, even those considered disgusting, can eventually begin to grow on you. It would be interesting if the DC had an occasional “Cultural Food” side bar.
on Jul 17th, 2005 at 2:33 pm
Ivman replies - Ivwoman (who plans the menus in the DC) says we already have occasional cultural food events - Greek night and in October when the representatives come to campus, for example. Do you eat lunch in the DC, Daniel? Most of the cultural things are in the evening.