Category: markets
La Grande Épicerie de Paris
This is the last post in a series about 3 Parisian retail establishments. The first post is on La Samaritaine, a reborn “grand magasin”, and the second on Merci, a concept store. La Grande Épicerie (LGE) is one of the finest food halls or delicatessens in the world, the flagship operating at Rue de Sèvres, Paris…
A Food Court in the Middle of Florence
About 5 minutes walk from our hotel (Hotel Spadi) is Florence’s central market (Mercato Centrale Firenze). There, we found a gourmet market and food court. A single web site il Mercato Centrale hosts the pages of the central food markets of Florence, Rome, Turin and Milan. The site carries news about the businesses and list…
Place Jemaa-el-Fna, Marrakech, Morocco – part 2
It was our first day in Marrakech, continuing with our walk in the Place Jemaa-el-Fna after dark. Catch Part 1 here if you missed it. Feel free to browse earlier posts about other places we’d been and more photos. Use the tags or the archives feature at the bottom of the page. To accompany this post,…
Place Jemaa-el-Fna, Marrakesh, Morocco – part 1
Hello world. This blog has been on hiatus for a little more than a year. Since so many of us are marooned at home and cannot (should not) travel in the foreseeable future, it could be a relief to do some virtual sightseeing. We will start with sharing our last trip taken in the beginning…