Avignon Flea market

It is rather like an enormous multi-family yard sale, with furniture, clothes, electronics, tools, and anything else you can think of. As you walk through the field you realize that nothing goes to waste here, it is just a different form of recycling. It is worthwhile to have a list going in of items you are looking for, but you can always find the unexpected. A must is to get there no later than 8 a.m., dressed down as sometimes you are walking through mud or dirt, and the fancier you are dressed, the higher the prices will be as you negotiate. We went last Saturday looking for a large mirror for one bedroom, containers for sugar and flour, and a night stand for a bedroom and a few other odds and ends. I had budgeted about 100 euro (about $130). It took some time and patience in the cold, and unfortunately, it was so chilly I had only one hat - leopard print faux fur- and was definitely over dressed. So I scouted with S. and D. hung back, we conferred and he would return to negotiate without me. At the end, we had spent only 35 euro and got two night stands instead of just one, a beautiful mirror (nicer than I had expected), as well as the china containers. Today's find was a clothes spider (like one my mother had in the 60s) but needed in the yard here for laundry as few people have dryers due to energy costs. Viola!