FARMERS MARKET

There were very few Indians at our place , which is a small town in the state of tennessee. Every now and then we have gettogethers and habituated to discuss from recipes to our new inventions to space, virtually anything and everything. Once in such a meeting one of my friends told that here in kingsport, between may and october we will have farmers market.i thought its a joke and laughed because I heard about farmers market happens only in India . I thought she was making some fun .but later i realised that it is not a joke ,when i browsed the net.
and yes ... she was right..

I waited eagerly and the season came. We landed there in the first week of May,But alas ! it was a bit diappointing and we did not find much there. After giving some gap again we were there in August , wow! we had what we thought. We will get some Indian vegetables too. I was impressed a lot and understood that the peak season for the farmers market is only from August to October.

Though it was disappoining that we have this facility only for three months I was happy to see lot of varities of vegetables and fruits at a reasonable price. In India we see this farmers market throughout the year.

FUNFEST IN KINGSPORT

My friends kept telling me that in kingsport we will have funfest in july month. I dont know what is that, but i was very exited and looking forward for that...

Funfest is the summer festival commonly known as Kingsport Fun Fest ,began in the year 1980 when Kingsport Chamber staff and board members conducted their annual weekend retreat to discuss matters of paramount importance. , the group sought to create a program that would build a more positive attitude about the Kingsport community and a more friendly nature among its residents.

Fun Fest's sole objective was "to promote unity, harmony, fellowship, and cooperation among people". all events (to the extent possible) here will be free of charge or at a low cost, and open to the general public. Events are appealing to all age groups, and to people with varying interests.it is an event for one week.

Finally the day arrived and one fine evening we went to see what it was .All kingsport locals gathered there and there were few food stalls also.We had groups of people hanging around, busily engaged buying,eating,chatting and enjoying .There was heck of a lot activity.As it was one week event and it will held in differnt places in kingsport.Every day we had different kind of activity. The day we went was a balloons day.They put big balloons sponsored by different organisations. When it became dark the balloons were glowing and it was so amazing to see.Out of seven days we went for only two days.

Last day was fire works day.It was a great event and one should not miss.but unfortunately we missed that day.