February 16th, 2016
Hubby is becoming quite competent in navigating the public transportation system here. His daily use for work and his sense of adventure has accelerated the learning curve. He just invested in a year pass to use both the buses and regional train system.
On Saturday morning, hubby suggested taking the train downtown to the Farmers Market. S was feeling better so we decided to venture out for a bit. We had heard good things about the market and the train would allow us to avoid the hassle of finding parking. After breakfast, we layered up and headed out the door to catch our train. One of the boys was not as game as we were to this idea. And so, in good parenting fashion, hubby carried our arguing kiddo down the street. Yes, we still have our fair share of challenging moments just a different cultural audience. Sigh… Thankfully, smiles returned by the time we boarded.
When we arrived at the train station, our Family Navigator got us to the right bus to take us to the market. My train ticket allowed me one bus ride, hubby used his pass and the boys were free. Score!
The Farmer’s Market was in a large, open plaza area. There were numerous vendors selling fruits, vegetables, cheese, flowers, local honey, meat, and more.
As we walked around, it began to drizzle. We layered our rain jackets over our coats which is our m.o. here. One of the vendors had a machine that made freshly squeezed orange juice using oranges from the crates stacked around it. The boys loved watching the oranges getting squeezed. The end result was nothing short than nectar from the gods. OH soooooo DELICIOUS!
After purchasing some honey, potatoes, onions, apples, and OJ, we took a short lunch break.
The rain was intermittent so we did a little more shopping before calling it good. Hubby treated me to some lovely tulips…a sweet sign of Spring.
We left the market to enjoy some beautiful music being played by a street musician. The boys and I listened as Hubby worked on navigating us back home. Little S and I even danced for a bit. To my surprise, Hubby captured the moment. A treat for me.
We walked the crowded, yet relatively quiet streets from downtown back to the train station. E and I played I Spy to help the time pass. After buying some train tickets for a future trip we are planning, we walked over to our platform and boarded our waiting train. We made it! Our ride home was short. Thankfully, so was the walk to our house.
