The Bargain Hunting Season

Enter Pezenas -

Through yesterdays memories -

Perhaps a bargain -

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Pezenas is the center of the Antiques trade in the South of France – twice a year, on the first Sunday in May and the second Sunday in October, the main street of Pezenas has over a thousand antique stalls – much is junk, but some bargains are always found.

The main street into Pezenas has 22 permanent antique dealers – I photographed them on a Monday Morning – most places are closed on Mondays so the deliberate scruffy and desolate air which antique places have (I guess to encourage you think everything is cheap and a bargain) is accentuated.

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Blogging about life in France since 1997 and running vacation apartments and BandB in the south of France keeps me busy (and poor)
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