The supermarket

Most of our daily life takes place in the frame of our surrounding villages. Festivals, markets and our daily shopping are all local, but occasionally we travel to a city like Troyes, and our shopping experience changes dramatically.

Take this extraordinary display for one. after finishing the shopping we are given a token, which we place in a kind of electronic roulette machine, to see if we win a prize. There’s a long queue of hopefuls, and Jo joins them.

At the machine we try our luck, and ‘Bingo’, we win a slip of paper with a €5 discount. It’s all very elaborate, and seems very popular. I have to say though that at our local supermarket they just give you the money-off coupon at the checkout. Hey-ho, that’s the big city for you.