The second Sunday of each month is the big event in Montsoreau – Les Puces de Montsoreau, or the Montsoreau Flea Market.
We got there early but there was a big crowd already milling about the stalls which were strung along the bank of the Loire. Furniture, pottery, paintings of dubious provenance, household knick-knacks, bric-a-brac, linens, treasures and junk of every description, all laid out for wary shoppers.
We saw a set of chairs that we liked, 6 chairs for 60 euro. There was another couple eyeing them too, waiting for us to decide. We swooped in, checked the price and made an offer. We bought our first antique treasures for the house!
By lunchtime everybody was a little more relaxed. The vendors got together to eat picnic lunches right in the market. This fellow pulled out a mechanical organ, loaded it with a punch-card music roll and began to sing along with the music. Other people in the market gathered round and sang along. It seemed that everybody recognized the songs and sang with the organ grinder. Quelle scène toute jolie!
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