Homburg Flea Market

The 1st Saturday of every month Homburg, Germany plays host to the largest flea market in this part of Germany. It's published hours start at 8am, but when my friends and I got there at 7:30am people were already set up and parking was already at a minimum! It is held in the area surrounding the Rathaus, in the surrounding streets, parking lots, grass area, you name it! It took us 5 hrs. to walk thru the entire thing. I bought a demi-john with a basket cover that gave it a handle, an antique ladel, an old mail slot for a door that says Briefe (letters), some soccer shin guard covers, and some plastic popcicle molds. I really was looking for kitchen chairs and an entry way table, but was not lucky in that regard. I didn't really like the antique chairs I found, I think I need to go to just the local floh markt for more current chairs. I did find a french antique dealer that had a table for sale. The interesting thing is that I get so use to not really understanding what people are saying in German, that when this guy walked up and started talking to me I was understanding most of what he was saying. It took me a while to figure out that it was french and that's why I understood, but by this point I had a bit of "doe in the headlights" look about me which seemed to be making him lower the price! So I went with it, I didn't say much like I wasn't really understanding, finally showing 2 50's but he said no because it was from the Charlemange era. When I said no thank you in french he did have a bit of a quisical look to him, it was fun to work on my language skills.
I've done that before; while I was driving once I realized I understood the song playing on the radio. I thought "wow, I'm really picking up German quick!" then it dawned on me that it was a French song and I had to come to terms with the fact I am not a language savant! :)
Anyway...back to the flor markt...the best part of it for me, was taking pictures. If I could have walked around and just taken pictures I would have been just as happy! But some people did seem a little wierded out by my picture taking, so I did try to keep it on the down low, and only be noticed when I REALLY wanted the shot! If I had a big fancy camera I probably could have gotten away with it more, but it's hard to look official with my little blue sanyo! I had a really great time, enjoy the pics. I plan on going to local and french flea markets too, so of course more pics will follow!