On our trip to the Ukraine this past Passover, we were based in Uman, and one of the things I wish I had been able to do more thoroughly was really truly spend time exploring the entire market, which is part farmer's market and part household goods and clothing market. Ah yes, not to mention that of course you can also purchase small animals as well to stock your backyard! The market is I believe three times a week, and since some of those days fell on holidays there was only one day that we actually had time to go to the market......and we got there on the late side and without sufficient funds to actually buy much. I felt a bit self conscious taking photos, so you'll just have to imagine for yourself the vendors selling dried fish, home grown produce and carefully weighed very often by folks with a smile full of gold fillings.
I saw lots of home canned goods as well as dried apples (which explains the 6 or so models of dehydrators in the local home goods store), and the one thing I did buy was a few hand made wooden cutting boards for around $2 each, and a really big and gorgeous hand made rolling pin for around $4, which is truly a nice souvenir, if I can just figure out where to keep it! Okay, shall we enter the market? Lets go, come it will be fun! Oh and by the way, if you brush up on your Ukranian or Russian you'll be much better off as almost no one speaks English. They do however show you the price on their calculator, which works just fine!
Thanks to the pigeons for behaving so nicely and sitting in place for this photo!
There are two portions of the market, one covered, and one outdoors which I'm assuming is only in use during warmer months.
The entrance to the covered portion of the market.
Yes indeed, apples and cabbage, standard Eastern European food! Those are root ball rose bushes in the background.
Hmmm, a box with English, so now we know the bananas are imported which of course makes sense. Stick to the apples and cabbage for the best prices!
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