It all began

one July at the Palmer-Wirf antique show in Portland, Oregon. I overheard two dealers talking about this 'fabulous' antique market in country France. Actively eavesdropping for details, I finally insinuated myself into their conversation and learned about Barjac, a village on the westernmost border of Provence, where a large antique market materializes twice a year, at Easter and at the mid-August Fete d'Assomption. We were in the habit of visiting Paris once a year for antique and food events, and I thought to myself, "We can do this!" "This" was the beginning of what would become an obsession with country antique markets, remote villages and France's wonderful system of bed-and-breakfasts known as chambres d'hotes.
The market as seen from the bedroom window of our chambre d'hote in Barjac.