Marché des brocantes.

Today by total fluke I stumbled upon an antique/flea market. I had not planned to go at all, but while walking down into the city I couldn`t help but see it. It started at the gate to the road that leads up my hill and extended all the way past the stairs up the hill. So no matter how I left my hill top abode I would have been forced to be a participant.

It was much like a flea market you would see in North America, but it seemed like all the stuff was a lot older and less garbage like. There were also no car parts in sight, which would have disappointed several people I know. Everything also seemed to be very expensive, I saw an old love seat that was 450 euros. It definitely did not look like it was worth that much, but then again I am not an antique expert. It's almost a good thing because I wasn't tempted to buy anything as it all seemed quite expensive. There was lots of silverware, china, old cloth (linen and lace type stuff mostly) and much much more.

Here is some normal stuff you might expect to find, and then a box of deer skulls. I`m not actually sure they were deer, because they were quite small, maybe European deer are smaller?

 Other miscellaneous things, and some old wooden skis, complete with leather strings to attach your feet

 Some rather unusual art. This is of a lady/cat. If you look closely you'll notice that the black thing to the bottom left is a statue of a mouse in a skirt underneath a flower...

 As rather large collection of china dolls. I`m pretty sure this was more of a display to promote a business than anything. As there were many signs saying you weren`t allowed to touch

 Some cool chairs made out of what looked to be tractor seats, but I looked to find what kind and they said «san fransisco» and some other stuff I don`t remember. So I think they might have been replicas

 The above photos are just to give you all an idea of how large/ how many people were at the market. The one at the bottoms is taken several hours later though, as I was headed back up the stairs so the crowd had thinned out quite a bit.

 Now, these last photos may seem to be unrelated to the rest of the flea market, but just wait. While I was walking around I noticed a large box of letters. I was originally interested in them because of the old stamps they had on them but then I was struck by inspiration. My room is not super interesting so I have been on the lookout for decorations that I could put up to make it more interesting so i decided to use some of the old letters and their envelopes because they are all quite cool looking.

The earliest letter I had (that I have noticed at least) is from 1912, and appears to be a letter from a student to one of his. He apologises in the letter for not having gone to visit said friend, his excuse is that he had to stay home because the river was rising and his dad wanted him to stay home in case it flooded and they needed his help to move all of the stuff out of the basement. After that there is a pretty big gap and most of the rest of the letters are from 1950-1958 with a few from the 60`s and the most recent being from 1971. Its pretty cool to look through them, but I can`t help but wonder why a family member doesn't have these as they all seem to be addressed to the same family of people.

I also have some negatives that were mixed into the letter that I am also going to use to decorate my room. They are pretty cool looking and are mostly of some people who seem to be on vacation. My favourite is of a older man standing in a lake in his bathing suit, my second favourite is the same shot, but this time the man is accompanied by a friend, also in his bathing suit and they appear to be standing in a field. These both seem rather comical, especially when compared to the rest of the negative that I have, which are mostly of women and men posed in very modest dresses, that appear to be from the 50`s given the styles, though I am no expert. I am going to try to think of some way that I can hang them so the light from window will shine through them and everyone can enjoy them. I also have 3 actual photos, two of children and one of a car, all from 1957.

It also occured to me that you might all like to know what my room is, not super interesting and rather basic but I working on making it more interesting.

 This is my bed, and the chair where I spend the majority of my time.

 My desk and shelf where I store all my food and dishes

My closet and door post decoration.