Such a great colorful postcard shows a local market in the Grande-Terre island of Guadeloupe.. really a big surprise found in my mail box, thank you so much Olga. ;-) Definitively a prefect one for my market collection, also a very first one from this new "country" to me! Olga told me such small markets are very popular there and they are only the places where you can buy local fresh fruits while big supermarkets do not offer! The Hermes stamp of France is very nice too! The card was sent from the island of Basse-Terre, where the administrative capital located in, as the clear postmark shows.
A nice postcard shows an old souk (Ancient tailor's souk) of Tripoli,the the second-largest city of Lebanon. Souk is similar to "Bazaar", which are both standing for "local markets" where lots of people sell goods, especially in (and originated from) the Muslim World. But the two terms have different too: Bazaar is permanent enclosed while souk is open-air. Many thanks to Mireille for this great card for my market theme collections!:)
