Shayne's Crazy Makdo Life

Pazar Fun!

Once a week in all cities in Macedonia, they have the "pazar", or the open market. In every city, it's a different day- ours is on Thursdays. This is where you go to buy basically anything- mostly produce, although you can buy all other sorts of things from material to car parts to live animals. Most villages and some cities don't have any other stores that sell fruits and vegetables, or if they do, so this is the only time that we can buy produce. Usually, when I enter the market, I'm surrounded by the sounds of people shouting out their deals, "10 pairs of socks, 100 denars!" or "Can I help you? Can I help you?" However, in the past few weeks, I've been bombarded by the sound of baby chicks. That's right, baby chicks are now in season! They're just sitting in boxes, chirping away, ready to be bought. I'm not actually sure what people do with these chicks, although I'm guessing they raise them and eventually use them for eggs or other non-vegetarian friendly purposes that I won't go into. Here's one of the pazar people with his box full of chicks. He insisted that I take a picture with him and the chicks. Aren't they cute?

posted by Shayne @ 12:47 AM