Showing posts with label braderie de lille. Show all posts
Showing posts with label braderie de lille. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

ooh la, la!

Bonjour mes amis!
Day: Sunday ; Time: 4am,  Place: Braderie de Lille, France! Company:  6 gypsies set off to travel under the sea to tramp the streets of Lille, France in search of the elusive treasure!
What a wonderful day it was! I was in seventh heaven....it was like being in the biggest junk shop in the world! It is undescribable....thousands of poeple (they say 2 million visit every year), thousands of stalls, all selling this and that and even a bit more! lol I certainly didn't take enough photos...
We were there early enough to park near, so not far to walk ( well that is an understatement, but not far to walk to the beginning, whenerever  that might be, as the whole of the centre of Lille is shut off, and there are just streets and streets of antiques, and bric a brac and food, and treasure!







Walk; buy; walk; coffee; walk; look; walk; lunch: the traditional moules et frites; glass of rose!


Walk; more treasure; walk; amazing sites; new made to look old!



Walk; supermarket; cheese, bread; goodies for home!

Back under the sea, and time to collapse!
Thank you to the best 5 gypsies I know,, Jane ( thank you for driving)  Kate, Julie, Helen, and Charlotte  it was pleasure to be with you, and I am raising a glass to the next one!
jusqu'à la prochaine fois!