Sunday is big Vide Grenier day herein France. ( translates as empty your loft)
Unlike the UK, you set up a table ...usually in the street or market square.....so you dont really need a car except to transport your stuff. Also instead of having set places which hold them they tend to be in different villages each week.As there are not many charity shops here..in fact I haven't found any yet...they are really popular.
As yet we haven't bought much at them..that's because most of the stuff really is rubbish.
An example of today's offers....a rusty saw for 5 euros, a ladies dress decorated with brown sweaty armpits for 4 euros and several pairs of shoes with holes in.at 2 euros each. We are continually shocked by the prices they dare to ask for this stuff...and shocked that they think someone would be interested in buying it.
Of course if you can find ex pats who are selling then you are on to a winner....you see it's usually them who throw out good stuff...the french rarely do.
The french make do with what they have and rarely replace something just because they don't like it.
The one thing in common with the UK is......tacky ornaments....I wonder how anyone bought some of these in the first place...mmmm presents perhaps....they seem to do the rounds of car boot sales internationally!
As I say we rarely buy anything as I tend to buy something only if I need it and its useful.
Still...they are always interesting free entertainment as well as a chance to wander round villages that you may not have visited before.....well worth going to!
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