On Saturday we had a great cultural experience of going to a farmers market. I was able to try some great authentic food that I was otherwise never able to experience. I was able to learn from the people who worked their what some of their first memories of the market were as well as what the market means to many of them individually. The first man I talked spoke only in broken English but I was able to gather important information from him. He travels from outside the city every Saturday morning to sell sausage, potatoes, and other types of authentic Czech at the farmers market to supplement his income. His first memory of the farmers market was when he first started to have a booth 8 years ago. The market is important to him because he loves to make food and relays on the money he makes from it.
The second person I talked to was a man at the smoothie who operated it with his wife. The stand is important to him because he is able to advertise and sell his product in another location from where he normally sells it. He was unable to single out a first memory of coming to the market but now it is a place he brings his daughter to have fun. He also said this place is important to him because many of his friends have stands also so it is a type of community gathering place.
The third person I talked to was a woman with her kid she told me that she comes here because its real Czech food similar to what she ate as a child and she wants her son to experience the same food. Her son also likes watching the toy trucks drive around and preform tasks. Her first memory of the farmers market was her first time here a couple years ago and she tried food that reminded her of her childhood. The farmers market was interesting because all the local people were there for different reasons, which made their own community in the end.
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