at the market

Just got back from the Haagse Markt, reputedly the biggest market in Europe. Prices are often more half of that in a supermarket, and you buy from a vendor, so get that added 'personal' touch too. Really, the way to save money (like any Dutchperson would do) is to go to the traditional market, which I do every Friday. And again I am shocked at the ridiculous prices that I saw in Strasbourg, which can be up to two or three times the price here!

Always fun to go there, to be between the din of haggling and vendors shouting prices, and to be in the midst of so many colourful, and sometimes exotic fruits and vegetables and other goods.
It's a bit far from where I live, but with the bike it takes around 20minutes. Down side is everytime I go I tend to buy lots of things, which means a long and tiring bike journey home...but you get to save money, so it's worth the effort : )
Shopping this week

	€
2kg clementine	2
1.5kg banana	1.5
0.6kg seedless grapes	1.9
.5kg strawberries	1.5
5 lemons	0.5
3 courgettes	1
3 aubergines	1
1kg paprikas	1
2.5kg tomatoes	2.5
.5kg giant mushrooms	1.25
.5kg carrots	0.5
.5kg olives mix	2
.5kg stringbeans	1.5
total	€18.15