Flea Market

In India S&O learnt about there being cheaper options for quality stuff, also shopping in India is ultra cheap which is why it is almost every woman's favorite hobby. When S&O enquired about Kitchen ware that enables cooking Indian food leveling to retain authenticity, two options were presented, one being Ikea, and two Flea market.

S&O was tickled with intrigue by the concept called Flea market, a place to find preowned items on sale by the owners themselves for a "good price". After being disappointed with Ikea, S&O's motivation to go "see" a "flea market" was further incited.

S&O entered the flea market premises, to be awestruck by the sheer size of the market + the number of shoppers + the number of vendors of all nationalities + the whole ambience. It reminded us of a mini size numaish minus the joy rides.
If we were to make a list of what can't be found in a flea market, the list would feature very few. There was everything one wanted, including a pressure cooker an item that tops S&O's current wish-list. Sadly we lost it in a bidding to an other smart shopper.
Hustling hall was filled with endless smiling merchants, happy customers, energy that is created out of a great rapport between two content people. We felt that the whole mood of the place was festive. Specially, the elderly happy hippy lady humming while strumming at her guitar stole our hearts.
S&O cherishes the memory of her personality, and we wish to see her again and again and again.

The stall that caught S&O's attention the most was the very first one as we entered. At a first glance they were an other Finnish couple with their clothes, jackets and some other random stuff to sell... The lady behind the counter was warm and generous selling off her stuff for 2 euros a piece. The man behind the counter made us think of Keanu Reeves playing a Goth in a science fiction set in a nordic city. When we revisited the stall at the end of our grand tour of the entire market, we knew the very first one remains our most favorite.

We were happy to have experienced the flea market. Being there was like witnessing the world mould together, various flavours concocting to create a new effervescent world. In a day S&O shook hands with people from Finland, Ethiopia, Romania, Russia, Saudi, Pakistan Bangladesh and Srilanka, met a very handsome young man from Burkina Faso who fathered a half finnish boy, talked with vendors from Pakistan about Kashmir issues, reacquainted with bargaining and just window shopped the world.

XOXO S&O

Until we shop again