This is Mohammed and Faisa and Naeem and their mother. Mohammed is the son of the Moroccan man from The Hague open market. We have been shopping from this family for almost all the 39 years we have lived in The Hague. Faisa turned 21 and we sold her our VW Polo. This family is typical of what we are leaving behind here. The grandfather immigrated from Morocco and now his son and grandson operate the same market stall. We usually buy zucchini, parsley, sweet potatoes, artichokes, fennel, and wild spinach from Mohammed. Every Saturday morning at 10, we drive to the market and head for Mohammed's stall. Then off to Barbara for fruit and then to Jan for vegetables and finally to Willem, the Kaas Boer(Cheese Farmer) for a selection of Dutch cheeses. We hope to find a similar type of market in Miami when we move there in October, but we have heard that Miami does not have a daily market like this. The Hague market is the biggest in the Netherlands, with food, butchers, bakers, fishmongers, antiques, clothing and flowers. You can buy very cheap clothes there(€ 1 for a handmade shirt from India!) and handbags, shoes, coats from Russia, bicycles, and even fresh herring eaten raw right on the spot.
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