Walking the markets

Last summer as we walked the markets, I was so ill. Having just come through major surgery, I came to Provence to heal. Walking was tiring and a huge effort, and took so much energy from me. But each market is special, and I wanted to walk as much as possible, so it became an incentive for me, to walk each day in a different favorite market, to miss nothing and experience everything I could, while I could. Walking the markets each day, getting stronger, and not so tired, and after two weeks to return home ready for chemotherapy, somewhat peaceful, but with the dream of returning to Provence as I have now at the end. So, as I walk the markets on this trip, I see the difference in then versus now, in me and in the people, not hot, not crowded, but energized and grateful.