Shopping at the Avignon Brocante Market is an experience. Here you are in the city of the Popes when they ruled the Catholic world from inside France and apart from a number of the people who live there and some of the artefacts this is a rich collection of brick a brack. Set along the banks of the river that passes just outside the walls of the city this Brocante market has something for everyone and is just one of the many such markets that are set up all over France.
The wise tourist will of course venture to the tourist office in any of the main towns and ask whether they have schedule of the Markets that are run at least in their city or the province or even throughout France.
If you have lived in Canberra all your life and never had the opportunity to travel do not make the mistake of avoiding French markets based on your experience in Australia. French markets are places where you can find little treasures, big treasures and so many things you never thought you would see that it is a great pleasure to wander through them.
Generally I am not a market aficionado but my partner has started to convert me into one.
There is of course one teensy weensy problem - how are you going to get all those goodies home?
No comments:
Post a Comment