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Ceri-Siân spent two week in the summer of 2006 staying with a family in Saint-Marcellin (town site)and she enjoyed her stay so much she wanted to go back. Saint-Marcellin in the Isère Department (#38) of France, in the Isère valley about halfway between Valance and Grenoble. When you arrive in St-Marcellin, the first thing that you see is the roundabout at the exit of the A49. As you arrive there is the above facing you on the roundabout. ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-05-23037 |
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The middle part of the roundabout was also nicely cultivated. ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-05-23037 |
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As you leave St-Marcellin you were greeted by the above message on the roundabout plus a nice view of the Vercors in the distance. ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-05-23039 |
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A key feature of St-Marcellin is the weekly market which is held on a Saturday. The market dominates the town and compared with the one in Roman-sur-Isère (population 33K) it seemed a lot larger and a lot more vibrant, even though population wise St-Marcellin is just under 7000, the population of St-Macellin Canton is 20K. When Ceri-Siân stayed in 2006, the apartment she stayed in was in the market square. One of the presents we brought ourselves and some friends were braids of garlic, similar to those seen above. We Ended up freezing a lot pureed with olive oil. The girls have complained due to a lot of the food in the freezer gaining a garlic flavour. ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-04-22693 |
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A view of market stalls in the main square of St-Marcellin. ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-04-22699 |
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A view of market stalls in the main square of St-Marcellin. ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-04-22706 |
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The market extends beyond the market square. ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-04-22700
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In addition to the market stalls, the streets also have the street café atmosphere common in France. ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-04-22696 |
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The church just of the market square ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-04-22698 |
A view from the town centre looking east to the Vercors. The sort of view the locals don't consider as special! ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-04-22813 |
A common road sign in the towns of the Isère. A lot nicer then the standard signs we have in the UK! ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-10-23611 |
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The view from the low hill by where the family Ceri stayed with lives. Ceri and I thought what a fantastic view. Ceri's friend thinks it just an ordinary view! ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-08-04-22781 |
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St-Marcellin is famous for its
cheese. According to one source it is on the 5 must have
French cheeses. The cheeses are a nice round compact size and are
brought loose for about €0.75 to
€1.00 each from the local markets.
Two are seen above which I brought from the French market that came to
Loughborough in December. I took a day of work in order to get to
the cheese stall in good time to get some St-Marcellin cheese. The
stall only had 4 and I brought all 4. In addition whilst in the
Vercors Ceri introduced me to
Saucisson, a dried/fermented sausage, which in France is mainly
produced in the
Rhône-Alpes region of France. Whilst at the Loughborough
French market we brought 4 varieties for Christmas and New Year
festivities. The above shows 4 different saucisson laid out
(venison, walnut, pepper and wild boar) with two St Marcellin cheeses. ©Stephen Dee ID 2007-12-23-25593 |
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