The one thing I did want to do before leaving Bloemfontein was to go to the Saturday market as I remember how much I enjoyed it last year when we were there and quite frankly it is the best market I have ever been to. It is well organized, well set out and has a variety of stands - most of which are crafts and home made products and the rest a mix of fresh produce and food stalls. It is refreshing not to see cheap imported stuff for a change and maybe that is one of the other reasons I enjoy this market so much.
So yes we...and by we I mean Daleen, NiQi and I...did go to the market and I thoroughly enjoyed myself, looking at all the stalls, getting ideas, buying gifts...AND did I have fun looking through all the book tables. I picked up a few classics, a couple of biographies and a book for Johan - who doesn't read, but I told him he can look at the pictures - on growing strawberries. I had lots of careful re-packing to do when I arrived back, but managed with ease in the end. We definitely arrived home with more than we went and surely that's a good sign of having had a good time...
Mixed medium - fabrics, knitting and crochet together to make blankets and cushions
I was fascinated by the street names, which happen to be the same as those in the area we live. Having these markers makes it easy to locate a stall at a later time if need be...
By the time we were leaving, stall holders were packing up already
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