Saturday market in Apt

Apt is a town known for its fruits confits. Fruits confits are fruits preserved in a sugar syrup. They are different to glace fruits where fruits confits are taken a few stages further. The fruits confits are allowed to dry and then glazed with sugar. I had bought some fruits confits in Aigues-Mortes in the Camargue and had fallen in love with them so I was determined to get some in Apt to take home with me. Every Saturday morning there is a market in Apt so we decided to do one final Provencal market. The forecast was for thunder and lightning and stormy showers and indeed it was trying to rain as we left the house. However, we were very fortunate as the rain stayed off for our couple of hours in the town whose narrow streets were lined with stalls and filled with people (and dogs! - I don't care what Evy says, I have no intention of aiming French dogs whose owners turn a blind eye to them fouling the streets!).

Jim's favourite stall again - saucisson. And there are many saucisson
stalls in markets. Jim eats his way through them!

Wild mushrooms.

A huge variety of mushrooms.

Suckling pig, boned and rolled and cooked with head on. Jim was absolutely drooling!

Fountain not too happy to be surrounded by stalls.

Matching fountain no more comfortable!

Street entertainment.

I thought I was back in Canada!

A street view in Apt.

Having visited all the sweet shops I could find in Apt, we returned to the first one and I made my purchase. Jim has forbidden me to touch the fruits confits but, it's tempting!