Shopping to outfit house.

We’ve had some amazing shopping experiences. Lots of ‘brocantes’ which are big used furniture, antiques, bric-a-brac shops. They’re usually in huge old buildings. Many are nicely kept up, some are grossly overpriced, some are just plain nasty (dirty, pigeon poopy, etc). We have found some real treasures (including our 'new' leather easy chairs & sofa, and cute wood table in between). We’ve also been to several big ‘vide grenier’ (attic sale), which is like a market, as in the streets are closed off to traffic and people set up stalls, and have their own mini garage sale. Wares can range from total junk to antiques to tools, clothing, etc. We had a great time wandering around Rochechouart (one of our favorite towns) for many hours on Saturday. As we were leaving we passed a sign for a ‘vide maison’ (house sale) and stopped in. It was a massive house where the elderly aunt & uncle had died and all the descendants/inheritors came to have a big sale the same day as the one in Roche. We found some real treasures, maybe bargains? Old pictures, a wood box (looks a bit like an old cradle) which we’ve stained up use as a wood box in the living room, lots of earthen ware jugs, etc. Very dusty but very fun!