Thursday, January 22, 2009

Flea Market in Shadesville

I forgot to mention that on Sunday, Dawn, David and I took a little morning trip to the flea market at Mosson (which is the end of the tram line near my place). Mosson area is reputably a suspect, kind of shady area. I was told that this flea market was crap but I still wanted to see it. After frequenting a few flea markets pretty often in Los Angeles, I was interested in comparing them. Most definitely, many of the things we saw for sale were stolen. It seemed really odd that one stall was selling 20-30 used bikes or a whole stall was dedicated to headlights and taillights as seen in this pic:
I felt like I was at a cross between regular market, flea market and really bad garage sale. Many people were selling really well used shoes. Some stalls were devoted to only hair dye while other stalls had used clothing, random shoes and VHS tapes they couldn't even give away. There was even a food row where people were selling prepared foods including coffee, crepes, etc. but we weren't about to try anything from this flea market.

My favorite thing Dawn said was: "Please don't ever ask me to come back here." I think that sums up our experience at the flea market. However, if you ever have a missing headlight or taillight in Montpellier or need a used bike, you now know where to go.

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