MARCHE AUX PUCES DE ST-OUEN

Today we went to a flea market that boast it is the biggest flea market in the world. It has 2500 stalls broken up into 10 different street areas each with it's own speciality. Thousands of people come here every weekend to shop, browse, and socialize. The day started out grey and slightly breezy but by the time we left the market, we'd walked through the market during a rains storm and the wind was blowing through the stalls making the afternoon quite chilly. But we, along with throngs of other shoppers endured the weather seeking treasures. Though this market had plenty of new clothing, not just antiques. The following is a small collection of my photo expedition through the market.

There are not only street vendors but a multilevel addition that seems to go on forever with antiques of every kind imaginable.


Inside the maze of vendors you can find quiet little alleyways that dead end at lovely little shops.


I'll bet you could get a good deal on some well used copper pots!! Probably only used for about 20 years in some famous restaurants.


Need new chairs?? They got plenty at this market!!


For those who are seeking the unusual in transportation, and certainly something that I'll bet your neighbor does not have, let me suggest a bent cane bicycle.


It wouldn't be a flea market without lions and motor cycles all in the same room!!


And my favorite was the merry-go-round animals for sale and the child's rocking horse.