Tag: France
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French Antique Road Show
Summer was on a roll when I first met Lynn. Lynn wrote that she was an antique dealer coming to France to buy for her shop, she asked me if we could meet for a coffee in Aix. We hadn't…
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WWII Love Letters found at the Brocante
The other day at the brocante I found a stack of letters written during World War Two (WWII) between a husband and his wife. At first I was drawn to them because of how they were worn, and stacked in…
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A Man with a Doll, An Umbrella and Frog Legs…some of the things I found at the Brocante in Leyment
The man with a doll. I saw this man and his son several times throughout the day and each and every time I saw them he had this over-sized stuffed doll in his arms…Pebbles was her name. Curiosity had my…
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The Way to Go to the Brocante in France
Photo of Leyment home of brocante heaven. Leyment Brocante Fair in France…twenty five miles long, two thousand dealers, over one hundred thousand buyers, once a year at the end of August. Photo of Nathalie in full gear early in the…
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What We Found at the French Brocante
This morning not so bright and early Lieselotte, A., J. (three of our house guests: who I know from my blog) and I went antiquing at the French Brocante… and boy oh boy do I have a surprise for you!…
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Going to Prague… with a truck load of warm clothes tagging along
We bought a map of Prague and another of Europe last night at the grocery store. Then we rushed home, like teenagers home alone on a weekend and spread it out on the bed. Prague is Praha, the last "ha"…