Saturday is the big market day in Port of Spain. My routine it to meet the bus at 6:30 and I get to the market at 7:00 and it feels late. People are already leaving loaded down with fresh vegetables, fruit, fish and meat for the week. I do most of my produce shopping for the week. The lettuce is beautiful, so are the tomatoes. I bought bodi beans- long string beans and pak choy. The eggplants are fresh firm and purple. It is hard to not buy too many vegetables. Yes, you can buy too many vegetables for the week.

The treat at the end of the shopping frenzy is breakfast at a stall. There are big bowls of stew, Indian curry fry pies and my favorite is Bul Jul- a large biscuit filled with salt fish or herring. Yes, I am eating smoked fish before 8 am. Yum.

The fish market is wonderful and quite varied. I feel like I need a field guide. We have been enjoying the king fish and shrimp. This is a photo of my favorite fish lady.