Semur-en-Auxois

It was a gorgeous day yesterday. Actually everyday is gorgeous at the moment, the forecast over the coming weeks is sun, sun and more sun. It does mean we have to balance being out and enjoying it, against staying sensibly cool, but we will definitely be enjoying the pool when we can, and outings will be selected carefully.

There was a ‘marché des puces’ (flea market) happening in Semur-en-Auxois, which seemed like a suitable outing, so we decided to head down there. It’s about an 80 minute drive south from us, through beautiful Burgundian countryside.

Semur-en-Auxois is such a beautiful, old medieval town, set above a very picturesque valley, with a pretty river flowing at the base of the rocks which the ramparts are built on. There are lots of quaint old cottages built all along its banks. It really is very beautiful.

We parked up on the other side of town from the marché des puces and walked through the weekly Sunday morning market, which is set up around the church, to get there.

The flea market is situated under an avenue of trees, providing well needed dappled shade for the stall holders and visitors.

As always, we enjoyed just strolling along, chatting about some of the strange objects, and pointing out things of interest to each other.

The quality of items was very high, and we could have bought a lot more. I was laden down with a few bags of fragile objects, whilst Brian was carrying a heavy oak shelf and some interesting charcoal sketches, which were very old and delicate.

We were very happy with everything we bought, and really excited about seeing our purchases back home and in situ.