We've been told that the Mirepoix market on Monday is really good, so it's time we find out for ourselves. And, oh, my, what a great market it is. It's a market selling everything - clothes, food, household items, beds, you name it - with the stalls all jumbled together in the market square and side streets out of the old city.
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| The market center is on Place Maréchal Leclerc and in La Halle, but in reality, it extends along the side streets as well. |
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| stalls in La Halle, the covered market |
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| This window (of an optical shop) is full of all sorts of Legos. I think Evie and Penny will enjoy looking in this window. |
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| around the market square |
There are also buskers trying to make a bit of money for their talent and time.
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| This marionette played the violin in sync with the recorded music. You would swear he was really playing the music. |
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| This man was playing the steel drums - very musically |
Of course, we came away with lovely fruits and vegetables, cheeses, and sausages for aperos, and a new leather belt for David.
A quick stop at the SuperU grocery store revealed another way to receive packages. A delivery company called Mondial Relay has a network of 3800 locations where they have installed lockers for the shipping and delivery of packages. This one is located outside the SuperU. I watched a woman come up to the screen where she typed in a 6-digit code which then opened one of the lockers from which she withdrew a package. She did this several times more and walked away with an armful of packages. Likewise, you can send packages by using an app to create a bar code for your package. You scan the code on the screen of the locker unit, a door opens and you place your package in the locker and close the door. The delivery truck only has to stop at this one place, much more ecologically sound. Patrons have access to their packages and to shipping 24/7, and the lockers are placed in locations where people are going anyway - like the grocery store. What a great idea! Amazon could learn from this.
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| Mondial Relay |
Home for lunch. Then Dave and Judy went winetasting, stopping to visit the town of Montréal de l'Aude on their way home. I worked on blog posts, but as you can see, I never caught up. sigh.
Malpère wines are the most western of the Languedoc region, grown west of Carcassonne and east of Montréal. Most of these wines are products of a few very large wine cooperatives. Dave and Judy stopped in Arzens, at the "cave cooperative" of les Vignobles de Vendéole, adding to our wine cellar - well, ok, it's a wine counter in the kitchen.
The town of Montréal is notable for its "collegiale" - a chapter house of priests, raising the importance of this religious location.
It's also a pleasant town to explore, quiet, with beautiful views overlooking the valleys beyond the town.
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| this was the community well until the 20th century |
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