These, at least, are quite nicely designed and quite comfortable to the eyes. Nor are they as massive as the inevitable tenements on the edge of town. After a couple of short blocks we cut down steps and walk past a playground and pleasantly shaded park to another playground and pleasantly shaded park through a third pleasantly shaded park surrounded in the distance by apartment buildings, and finally, after about fifteen minutes, to a lovely, rather largish, open-air food market . It reminds me of Makhane Yehuda in Jerusalem, but neater, and perhaps larger. Jovica walks around to scope out what is available, and then we begin selecting a little of this and a little of that.
Sellers provide small plastic bags in which to put the fruit.
The fruit is then weighed on one-armed scales. A free-standing arm on the scales holds a weight, sort of like the scales that used to be common in doctor's offices or gyms in the United States before we went all digital. We aren't done yet, though. Now it is time to move to the cheeses area, where, as we pass, each vendor offers a crumb of cheese or butter to taste. The cheeses are in large plastic tubs .