Tag Archives: Sunday markets

Our annual Sunday super-market

Posted on July 26, 2019 by loren24250

Sundays are when Daglan’s open-air markets take place, right in the heart of the village. The markets are pretty meagre in winter, with just a couple of stalls, but they are downright bustling in summer — with vendors offering everything … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, French food, Life in southwest France, Markets in France, Tourist attractions | Tagged Daglan, food, markets, Promenade en gastronomie, Salon de la gastronomie, Sunday markets, truffle-hunting dogs | Leave a comment

Coming event! (Tomorrow, in fact)

Posted on July 28, 2018 by loren24250

If you’re vacationing on a Greek island or in the Caribbean, don’t drop everything and rush to Daglan. But if you’re in the area tomorrow (Sunday, July 29) you might want to visit our annual Promenade en Gastronomie. Lots of … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals in France, Food, French food, Life in southwest France, Markets in France, Tourist attractions | Tagged Daglan, Daglan market, food, markets, Sunday markets, truffle dogs, truffles | Leave a comment

Some sunny summer Sunday joys

Posted on June 11, 2017 by loren24250

We’ve been enjoying wonderful summer weather for the past while, and today’s weather is no exception. It’s hot and sunny, but not too humid. And since Sunday should be a day of enjoyment, here are a few things we’re currently … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora and fauna, Life in southwest France, Markets in France, Tourist attractions, Weather in the Dordogne | Tagged Daglan, Dordogne weather, flowers, restaurants, Sawadee, Sunday markets, Village Fleuri, weather | 4 Comments

The shutters close, the Season ends

Posted on September 15, 2014 by loren24250

Come September 1st in the Greater Daglan Area, it’s as if someone closes the shutters all at once. The curtains come down. The door is slammed shut. In other words, after the two months of July and August, the Tourist … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture in the Dordogne, Flora and fauna, Holidays in France, Life in southwest France, Markets in France, Travels in and out of France, Weather in the Dordogne | Tagged campgrounds, Daglan, Dordogne walnuts, Dordogne weather, Fabrice le Chef, flowering trees, flowers, Le Thé Vert, Les Cascades, nature, plants, Sunday markets, sunflowers, walnut groves, walnut trees, walnuts, weather | 6 Comments

Busy market, big haul

Posted on August 17, 2014 by loren24250

After a spell of rainy weather, today turned out to be sunny — and so of course Daglan’s Sunday market was packed. At this point in August, it’s fair to say that we’re at the absolute peak of the tourist … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, French food, Life in southwest France, Markets in France, Weather in the Dordogne | Tagged Daglan, desserts, Dordogne weather, food, green beans, melons, strawberries, Sunday markets, the Lot, tourist season, weather | Leave a comment

Double whammy

Posted on August 18, 2013 by loren24250

As the banner in the photo above says, we are smack in the middle of fête — the annual Ferias de Daglan or, as I call it, The Four-Day Festival of Heat and Noise. And today we have the double … Continue reading →

Posted in French food, Holidays in France, Life in southwest France, Markets in France, Weather in the Dordogne | Tagged Daglan, Dordogne weather, markets, Sunday markets | 2 Comments

Scoring at the Cazals market

Posted on June 23, 2013 by loren24250

Plan A for this morning: Ride our bikes over the hilly, 17-kilometre route from Daglan to Cazals, via Campagnac and then Marminiac, and enjoy the Cazals weekly market. Not-so-surprising variable factor: We now interrupt Plan A, to bring you a … Continue reading →

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Our (too) quiet Sunday market

Posted on June 9, 2013 by loren24250

By this point in the year, it seems to us, the Greater Daglan Area should be a bit livelier — with more tourists wandering around, shopping, sightseeing, dining out, and of course clogging the roads. But probably because of Europe’s … Continue reading →

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A Sunday market — in Issigeac

Posted on June 5, 2013 by loren24250

One of the joys of living in the Greater Daglan Area — that’s the GDA, as Radio Free Daglan insiders know it — is travelling from Daglan itself to other beautiful towns, villages and hamlets in the area. Roads are … Continue reading →

Posted in French food, Life in southwest France, Markets in France, Weather in the Dordogne | Tagged Belves, Chez Alain, Daglan, Dordogne weather, food, Issigeac, Issigeac market, Issigeac Sunday market, Marmande, Monpazier, plants, Sunday markets, tomatoes, weather | Leave a comment

From the Sunday market to the plate

Posted on April 21, 2013 by loren24250

In the Greater Daglan Area, not every day involves dining out. Often we prepare our own meals, and often we base our meals on what’s available in the local markets. Since today was Sunday, that meant that it was market … Continue reading →

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