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Here are a few more things I found in ‘Vide Greniers’ last summer. Each of these objects cost less than 10 euros. Boxes These coffee cups and saucers are Limoges (9 euros for the lot) Close up of the plant pot A hand carved wooden tray depicting the old Casino in Biarritz Various ceramic objects This very heavy leather ball intrigued me, so I bought it and found out later they are used in physical therapy A container for Rosie the cat’s croquettes And lastly, glass bits whic

Here are two boring facts that I have recently learned; Ones doors must swing open towards the outside if one is to have more than 50 people dining inside a building of my size, (a little problematic if the original doors can’t be changed because the historic monuments people don’t want them altered), and from July this year restaurants are not allowed to have signs displayed at the side of the road. Unless you already have one up of course. But we are not allowed to put one

Now that spring has arrived in the Lot and the countryside is burgeoning, so are posters advertising upcoming ‘Vide Greniers’ or ‘Trocs’. These are not to be confused with ‘Brocantes’ which are slightly down market versions of the very serious and astronomically expensive ‘Foires des Antiquités’. Trocs and Vide Greniers are far more fun, for they are garage sales, and perfect places to uncover yet more junk to add to ones’ collections. Upon arrival, I feel exactly the same ex