European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A vegetable Vendor is virtually obscured by strings of onions for Sale in Freiburg in Breis Gau Germany. The Market experience every time you go you la discover something new by Jim Derheim staff photographer going to the Market is a daily event for Many europeans. But if you re among the americans who do the lion s share of their shopping at the neighbourhood commissary going to the Market can be less like shopping and More like sightseeing. The open air Market in Freiburg s Cathedral Square is one of the few in Germany that stays open every Day of the week except sunday a when the marketeers probably go somewhere else to do their shopping. Fruit vegetables and Odds and ends found in the Market Are usually cheaper than the same products in grocery stores. But the real pleasure in t so much the Price As it is the fun of browsing through the different offerings maybe munching on an Apple fresh from the Orchard or a bratwurst hot off the Grill. A close examination of items for Sale will reveal some interesting patterns a and open your eyes to mysterious forms and surprising Beauty. You May learn to look at markets a Little bit differently. Most markets Are open from Early morning to just past noon. Unlike at some markets in Turkey or in Middle Eastern countries bargaining is not part of the shopping experience at the majority of european markets. Try something different this week. Take a few pfennig Pence or lire left Over from the last rent payment and visit a Market. It s one of Europe s simple pleasures. Above stacked Leeks create an abstract pattern. At right the Root ends of celery stalks form bizarre shapes. A amps photos by Jim Derheim. A a  of it a a a a i it a at left a Flower dealer at the Freiburg Market warms her hands Over a barrel of hot coals above a Forest of lettuce awaits a buyer at right three shoppers share a bit of gossip along with a lunch of bratwurst and Brotcher. In top photo roots looking like strange while tendrils reach out from the vegetables. March 5, 1992 stripes Magazine 13 12 stripes Magazine March 5, 1992