Rue St. Laurent Sidewalk Sale

14 October 2012

Today I went to the Rue St. Laurent sidewalk sale! Before heading into the crowd of shoppers, I dropped in for a coffee and a scone at the Bookworm café. After this delicious mini-breakfast, I went out to search through the market and find some loot! I was really impressed by this flea market. I had heard it was a big deal here in Grenoble, but I didn't believe it until I saw it in person. This sidewalk sale stretched on for what seemed like forever, with tables and tents set up all alongside the river, between stores and apartments, even stretching across some of the bridges. My craft-show-obsessed mother probably would have fainted if she saw all of these tents and kiosks, they had selections upon selections of crafts, clothes, trinkets, furniture, games, books, paintings, kitchenware…absolutely anything I could imagine finding here, I found it. And talk about a really nice place to buy souvenirs! I bought some Pokémon cards in French, I bought some French comic books, I bought some novelty and old-fashioned postcards (one of them is actually a postcard with an image of the square I live by!), I bought some French movies, I bought some adorable little puppy figurines, and I also bought a few clothing items here and there. Even things I didn’t buy, it was really nice strolling up and down the street and searching through all the trinkets and knick knacks. I really hope that I’ll stumble upon more of these great markets while I’m here in France, and I know that I will for sure be searching hard for some nice little markets like this when I am back in the States! After gathering all of my loot and calling it a day, I went out to lunch with Julie, Jessica, and Paige, and Julie and I shared a delicious pizza. We also had some of Paige’s salad, but we think they threw some rabbit meat in there. We’re hoping for the best that it wasn’t a poor little bunny… L After lunch, it started to rain (talk about nice timing – we just finished our outdoor shopping!), so we all went our separate ways, and I went home to give Fadila a small turtle figurine I bought for her (her favorite animal), and then I went upstairs to enjoy a pleasant nap, drifting asleep to the soft pitter patter of the rain.