Open Air Market (Continued)

As mentioned in the previous post, we really enjoyed going to the open air market in Århus.

The first thing to say about it is "It's big!" It reminded me of the famous farmer's market in San Luis Obispo that I've had the pleasure of attending twice in my life. The one in Aarhus has lots of vendors, lots of food, lots of flowers, and lots of people.

Leysia was blown away by the number of choices she had as well as the prices! She was easily able to stock up on what we needed for the coming week (with a few exceptions, of course, but a quick trip to a grocery store filled in the gaps). We stocked up on vegatables and fruit and the pictures below do an inadequate job of conveying the scale and activity that surrounds you as you move around the market.









One vendor specialized in salt and seemed able to make several different types of salt using the salt shown here as a base. (That's just a guess, I didn't have time to talk to him while keeping an eye on the kids while Leysia shopped.) He had a big scoop that he would use to put the salt into bags, which Max thought was pretty cool.





Of all the flowers on display, I liked these roses the best...



... but, as we said in the previous post, there were plenty to choose from.





Finally, the market also featured textiles of various sorts, including both raw materials and finished products. Leysia especially liked the work of this vendor, and plans to buy one of her table clothes before we leave Aarhus.



We look forward to making many trips to this market throughout our stay here in Aarhus!

Ken