First time in this part of the island that we’ve been to the weekly market. Always think of it as being a moveable feast. It is held on Wednesdays in Girne (Kyrenia) and on Thursdays in Gazimağusa (Famagusta), the market we’re most familiar with as it was our mainstay for the second half of our five month lockdown there in 2020. Friday it moves to Iskele and finishes the weekend with Saturday and Sunday in Lefkoşa. Does sell things other than food - hardware, linen, clothing, antiques - including the kind of telephones we remember using. Well, to be honest we remember using older models than the vintage ones on offer.
But the true beauty of the market is the fruit and vegetables. Strawberries now in season and perfect. You can choose your own but really there are no bad ones. Pears, melons, loquats. And artichokes, and wild asparagus, as well as more mundane veg. Would be extremely easy to be seduced into buying more than we have any hope of eating before we go.
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