Sunday 1 April 2012
We walked to a Brocante d'Antiquitiés today at the Square des Batignolles in the 17 arrondissement which is quite close to us, about a ten minute walk from where we live.
This market is in this particular area only once a year. This year it was here for 5 or 6 days. Today was its last day and still going strong.
A French brocante is an antique market, flea market, bric-à-brac market. The usual items were on sale, furniture, books, clothes, silverware, glassware, china, old framed art pieces, old tools, junk etc.
The market is actually at the end of rue des Batignolles, not in the actual Square des Batignolles.
Square des Batignolles
This is not your typical square, covered in concrete. It's a garden. It's the largest garden in the 17 arrondissement - 4 acres.
NO DOGS ARE ALLOWED which means you are not trying to continually avoid dog shit, to put it mildly - "attention / regardez à la merde de chien", says Geoffrey, to me, continually.
The gardens are absolutely beautiful. there's meandering paths in the shade, a small pond, a creek, a small waterfall and lots of ducks and geese freely walking around and waddling from the creek to the pond. There is a glass walled gazebo with a sick looking orange tree enclosed in it. There are playgrounds, sand play areas, swings and other play equipment, a carousel and 2 enclosed areas for adults to play la pétanque or boules.
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| Trees are now in blossom. |
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