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pictures from the antique fair at Chatou
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On our trip to Europe this past spring I only had one “must do” on the itinerary: the Tongeren antique fair. For the past 35 years the Tongeren antique fair has been held on Sunday mornings so we had to arrange our schedule to be there on Saturday night for Sunday morning. This presented a challenge but we were able to manage it. On our travel day we left Amsterdam by train and headed to Brussels with a brief stop in Antwerp. I’ll cover those in another post. From Brussels we took the train to Tongeren and walked to the hotel. Once we got into Belgium, my daughter was eligible to use the GoPass for the train because she is younger than 26 which made her fair 6 Euros per day. It was very budget friendly. My ticket from Brussels to Tongeren was 14.80 Euros. Taking the train in Belgium is very user friendly. No reservations are required. You show up, buy a ticket, and hop on the train and find a seat. Every station that we were in had a vending machine for tickets and the machines had an English option too. While we were doing research for our trip this site was the most helpful to me for train info. Most of the websites that I used had links to buy tickets from home but those sites did not offer the GoPass option and all were more expensive than purchasing tickets at the station. The only ticket that we purchased ahead of time was our ticket for the Thalys train from Brussels to Paris. It is my understanding that all seats on the international train are reserved and much like airline travel the longer you wait to purchase the ticket, the more expensive it is. Finding a hotel was another challenge. The first hotel that came up in my search only had 8 rooms that were already booked. I sent an email asking for other nearby hotels but got no response. I was able to use Booking.com to find Hotel Ambiotel and it worked out wonderfully well. As we came from the train station into the very small town, the hotel was right in front of us. The next morning the antique fair was right outside the door. The hotel was somewhat modest but very clean and the location was excellent for our purposes. My research also revealed that the fair started at 6 AM. I am not an early bird but I did venture out at 7. Perhaps because this was not heavy tourist season (early April) most vendors were just arriving and setting up. Some vendors were still arriving at 8. I made one lap around the block and went back to the hotel to meet my daughter for the next round. I could have made many purchases here but had to fit my purchases into a suitcase and carry them for the rest of the trip. There were no shipping options immediately available to us in this tiny little town. This vendor had very reasonable prices. The table with 6 chairs was 145 Euros (about $200). Unfortunately it would not fit in the suitcase! What a wonderful collection of vintage rocking horses! Again, too big for the suitcase! I could so incorporate this little carnival boat into the décor at our Summer Cottage! Look at the little life preserver on the back! I really liked these meat cleavers but they were a little pricey. The cheapest one was 55 Euros. I wonder what airport security would think when they saw these while scanning my bag! This vendor had lots of great miscellaneous pieces: chocolate molds, antique telephones, andirons, a pulley, ram’s horns. What more could a junk lover want! This vendor had vintage glassware from European pubs. This vintage pram was really cute and I love that teak deck chair behind it. We really loved this spice rack. We seriously considered buying it but decided it was much too big and too heavy to carry and we feared that if we tried it would be broken before we got home. After having fun looking at the antiques we strolled around the town. Tongeren claims to be the oldest town in Belgium. This site has some very interesting information on Tongeren and its history. Tongeren is a walled city. The ancient wall built by the Romans was rebuilt in 1241 reusing much of the same material! The photo above was taken from outside the city wall and the photo below was from inside the city wall. You can see from the photo below that the antique fair was set up around the city wall. We also took a few photos of the tower on the wall. Oh my goodness, I think I just spotted James Bond. Or maybe somebody stole his car! To quote my son, that was a sweet ride! Inside the city wall most of the streets were cobblestone. Most of the buildings were very old. This one dates back to 1619! Obviously they were built to last. Look at this beautiful tiny doorway. It was just over 5 feet high! (The shopping bag is what we put our purchases in!) The Basilica of Our Lady is in the center of town. Construction on the basilica began in 1240 and was completed in 1544! Wow! The bell tower soars to just over 200 feet high! There is also a statue of Ambiorix in the center of town. Ambiorix was a legendary Gallic chieftain who led his tribe to victory over Julius Caesar’s legions here in 54-53 BC. I told you this place is old! The last photo is to show that it is a small world after all. Keep in mind that Tongeren is off the beaten path in the far corner of Belgium right near the border with Germany and the Netherlands. Then what to our eyes should appear but a piece of our hometown! The BWW x3 has been built exclusively in Spartanburg, South Carolina since 2010! Now let’s all sing together “It’s a small world after all…..” repeat and fade since this song has no end! What did we buy? I’ll show you in my next post. If you missed the other posts on our trip here are the links: Biking Through the Flower Fields of Holland A Visit to Keukenhof Gardens Touring Amsterdam Touring Amsterdam Part 2 Touring Amsterdam Part 3 This is a great you tube video that my daughter made of the trip. I’ll be linking to Wow US Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style and to Grace at Home at Imparting Grace. Please note: I have not been compensated in any way for this post. All opinions are my own. However, if you folks at BMW want to talk, have your people get in touch with my people. I’ll bet we can work something out!
Ardingly Antiques Fair (Nr Gatwick) is the biggest antiques and collectors fair in the South of England, selling antiques & collectors items.
Newark Antiques Fair is Europe’s biggest antiques and collectors fair. Hosting 6 events per year at Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire.
Newark Antiques Fair is Europe’s biggest antiques and collectors fair. Hosting 6 events per year at Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire.
Newark Antiques Fair is Europe’s biggest antiques and collectors fair. Hosting 6 events per year at Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire.
Newark Antiques Fair is Europe’s biggest antiques and collectors fair. Hosting 6 events per year at Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire.
The Chatou antique fair opens Friday and I am super excited because My French Country Home is being awarded a prize! Read the ten reasons why I love Chatou.
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After my last two posts about fairground architecture and Midway rides I had to share this amazing group of working vintage and antique Midway rides, sideshow booths and transportation vehicles. All of the images are from the Carters Steam Fair website. I came across the Carters Steam Fair website by way of Chocolate Creative, a blog that I follow. Can you imagine what it is like when the fair comes to town! Not only the rides but the trucks as well are vintage. Everything is in pristine condition. This family business loves what they do and it shows. When I went to their website I was gobsmacked! Please Dad, can I go to the fair? An aerial view of the fairground. Here is an aerial shot of the antique Swings. Fairground rides have progressed a lot from their unsophisticated origins. I wanted to show you the Octopus from several angles so that you can see the beautiful painting that is on the fence and engine cover. At night the midway becomes a magical place of light and sound. Carters Jubilee Steam Gallopers and all of the other rides are steam driven. A look at the inside decoration of the Steam Gallopers. The term eco-friendly was coined many years after these rides were made. All of the lights on the rides are light bulbs. I wonder what wattage they are as well as what their electric bill is! The Chair-O-Planes like so many of the round rides are done in sections of flat panels for ease of taking down and transporting the ride from town to town. This gives the architecture of the ride a jewel like quality as well as lots of flat surface to decorate. The first time that I went on the Dive bombers I was terrified of falling out of the open window! I have only been on the Dodgem Cars once when I was a kid. I ended stuck and hardly moving. It was a great disappointment. In the first post that I did about fairground rides and architecture I referred to this ride as the Helter-Skelter, here they refer to it as a Slip. It is also known as a Glide or Mat Slide. This ride is called the Lightning Skid. The lettering on the rounding boards at the top of the ride is quite marvellous. Minimalism is not a word that comes to mind when you think of fairground design. The lower picture is an interior shot showing the decoration. A children's carousel called the Toy Town Ride with vintage cars, bikes and horses. This ride is called Steam Yachts. Every inch of this ride as so many of the other rides is covered with decoration. I love it. The sights, the sounds, the smells are overwhelming, the fairground is bigger than life. The Art Nouveau signs on the front of this tent filled with distorting fun house mirrors are superb. Strolling entertainers. Who doesn't like fire eaters or are they in the same class as clowns for some people? Impress your girl and ring the bell! Games of chance and the booths surrounding the rides are referred to as the sideshows. I did not realize this; sideshow to me has always had a negative connotation as in "the freak sideshow". I had always wanted to own a candy floss machine, I think that I have just upped my ante here, this vending cart is so beautiful. Go to the Carter Steam Fair website. The are lots of photographs as well as videos. If you are on holiday in London try to make it to one of the fairs that they are at. Carters Steam Fair travels around London and the Home Counties from April to October every year. To find out where they are during this time check their website for information or call their information line at - 01628-822221.
Good Morning from Arundel. Newark Antique Fair We left the house at silly o'clock yesterday and went up north to ...
Ardingly Antiques Fair (Nr Gatwick) is the biggest antiques and collectors fair in the South of England, selling antiques & collectors items.
One of a kind shouderbag, a beautiful handmade indian antique bag, especially made with love for Tantilly. This shoulderbag is unique, fair, vegan, and have two shoulder straps and a zipper to close the bag safely. We have only one piece each bag available, handmade with extra attention for the small details .
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UPDATE: As of September 2021, the owner has closed this store for good. 'Je n'en ai pas besoin, mais…' Those are words I constantly tell myself when I'm at a flea market or brocante (antique or secondhand shop) and come across something that I like (or want). Piles of gorgeous French linens, mortars without (or without) pestles, French jam jars, and no longer loved café
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After my last two posts about fairground architecture and Midway rides I had to share this amazing group of working vintage and antique Midway rides, sideshow booths and transportation vehicles. All of the images are from the Carters Steam Fair website. I came across the Carters Steam Fair website by way of Chocolate Creative, a blog that I follow. Can you imagine what it is like when the fair comes to town! Not only the rides but the trucks as well are vintage. Everything is in pristine condition. This family business loves what they do and it shows. When I went to their website I was gobsmacked! Please Dad, can I go to the fair? An aerial view of the fairground. Here is an aerial shot of the antique Swings. Fairground rides have progressed a lot from their unsophisticated origins. I wanted to show you the Octopus from several angles so that you can see the beautiful painting that is on the fence and engine cover. At night the midway becomes a magical place of light and sound. Carters Jubilee Steam Gallopers and all of the other rides are steam driven. A look at the inside decoration of the Steam Gallopers. The term eco-friendly was coined many years after these rides were made. All of the lights on the rides are light bulbs. I wonder what wattage they are as well as what their electric bill is! The Chair-O-Planes like so many of the round rides are done in sections of flat panels for ease of taking down and transporting the ride from town to town. This gives the architecture of the ride a jewel like quality as well as lots of flat surface to decorate. The first time that I went on the Dive bombers I was terrified of falling out of the open window! I have only been on the Dodgem Cars once when I was a kid. I ended stuck and hardly moving. It was a great disappointment. In the first post that I did about fairground rides and architecture I referred to this ride as the Helter-Skelter, here they refer to it as a Slip. It is also known as a Glide or Mat Slide. This ride is called the Lightning Skid. The lettering on the rounding boards at the top of the ride is quite marvellous. Minimalism is not a word that comes to mind when you think of fairground design. The lower picture is an interior shot showing the decoration. A children's carousel called the Toy Town Ride with vintage cars, bikes and horses. This ride is called Steam Yachts. Every inch of this ride as so many of the other rides is covered with decoration. I love it. The sights, the sounds, the smells are overwhelming, the fairground is bigger than life. The Art Nouveau signs on the front of this tent filled with distorting fun house mirrors are superb. Strolling entertainers. Who doesn't like fire eaters or are they in the same class as clowns for some people? Impress your girl and ring the bell! Games of chance and the booths surrounding the rides are referred to as the sideshows. I did not realize this; sideshow to me has always had a negative connotation as in "the freak sideshow". I had always wanted to own a candy floss machine, I think that I have just upped my ante here, this vending cart is so beautiful. Go to the Carter Steam Fair website. The are lots of photographs as well as videos. If you are on holiday in London try to make it to one of the fairs that they are at. Carters Steam Fair travels around London and the Home Counties from April to October every year. To find out where they are during this time check their website for information or call their information line at - 01628-822221.
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