Last Market Day (Thursday 10.10.2013)

This morning is the last of our markets days in Dinan.  We are incredibly spoiled to have access to such a great weekly market.  Don't get me wrong, we have some fun farmers markets in KC, just not quite the riot of world class ingredients at nearly free prices.

Over the weeks we have been here I have averaged cheese purchases of around $35 each trip to the Thursday market.  The same cheeses, purchased at Better Cheddar in KC would have run between $150 and $200 per trip.  The wine and cidre are the same.  Pennies on the dollar from what we pay in the US.

We will miss it greatly.

Kelly and I grabbed the last of our knives from the "knife guy" and munched Indian Roti sammiches while the girls picked up salad makings, strawberries, fromage blanc(a light liquid cheese, something like yoghurt) and a metric tonne of cidre.

We all wandered about town for a bit with out prizes, allowing Kelly the chance to buy a carry on bag and more trinkets before we went down to the house.

Prepping for dinner, we burned up the last of a disturbingly large amount of food from the fridge to make a quiche.  Somehow we managed to to "Americanize" even a simple quiche, adding somewhere in the neighborhood of 27lbs of various cheeses and 284lbs of bacon and ham.  My measurements may be a tad off, but not by much.

Kelly and Mirinda spent the rest of the evening sorting and packing for their early flight from Rennes.  The plan at the moment is to get up early enough to allow them plenty of time at the airport.  We are expecting heavy rain in the morning, hopefully traffic and road conditions will be ok.

It has been a treat spending time with Kelly and Mirinda and we wish they could stay longer(at least Mirinda)