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April 01, 2011

By French Metro Antiques on 2012-04-01

BONJOUR!

We're excited to announce that our spring shipment from France has arrived in port!

We will be closed this week while we unpack and will reopen on Saturday, April 7 at 10:00 a.m. with over four hundred and fifty antique treasures from our winter trip to France. Stop by on Saturday morning, and be the first to see our latest arrivals, or stay tuned to our website as we add items from our...

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April 01, 2011

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Chateau de Maintenon

On our way out of Chartres, we stopped through the village of Maintenon where Louis XIV’s favorite mistress lived (remember the story about Madame de Maintenon and the shape of a champagne coupe?). Her charming abode here is situated on a canal that runs through the town.

We rummaged our way through a few attics and barns over the past two days…

We are quite pleased with our finds…

The find of...

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April 01, 2011

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Tootling around Normandy

We are tootling around rural Normandy this week. Famous for its unique half timbered architecture and its regional drink called calvados, a distilled apple brandy, this region is a favorite at French Metro Antiques.

One little gem is Honfleur. This picturesque Norman port town possesses a je ne sais quoithat makes it irresistible. The changing light on the Seine estuary inspired Courbet, Monet,...

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April 01, 2011

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The English Channel

La Manche, a department in Normandy on the English Channel, is where one of our favorite bed and breakfasts is situated. Apart from staying in a stunning 15^th century manor house and eating quite possibly the best breakfast in France, we absolutely adore the couple who runs the place -- they're both charming and outspoken and they have become great friends over the years.

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July 31, 2010

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By French Metro Antiques on 2010-07-31

Today’s highlight was a nocturnal visit to Mont Saint Michel in Brittany. This mountain rises out of a bay that opens up onto the English Channel. The medieval abbey at the top is one of the architectural wonders of the world. Although I have been to Mont Saint Michel several times over the past thirty years, I have always wanted to see this beautiful place at sunset.

We arrived at 9:45 p.m....

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March 23, 2010

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By French Metro Antiques on 2010-03-23

The unpacking continues

A glimpse of the back of the container is like seeing light at the end of the tunnel.

Those French tables are sturdy...

A beautiful "lit bateau" or sleigh daybed comes off the container.

We've unloaded the container....now it's time to unpack all those boxes.

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January 25, 2010

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By French Metro Antiques on 2010-01-25

Time to head home!

We’re packing up and so are our shippers. Au revoir!

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April 01, 2009

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Southern France

After more than a week without wifi, we're finally connected again! We left Northern France on Wednesday and drove to Beziers in the Languedoc region near the Spanish border. Harrison, the third Hunt boy just finished his senior year of high school in this city and had an amazing experience. We were thrilled to meet up with him. One of his host families lives in a chateau on a vineyard...

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April 01, 2006

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We might as well be traveling by "antique sled"

Just when we didn’t think any more was possible, several more inches of snow came falling down upon us. The driving since we have been here has been a real challenge. If it isn’t snow on the ground and in the sky, then it’s fog so thick, you can’t even tell where the ground ends and the sky begins. We’ve never seen France like this before!

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April 01, 2003

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The city of Toulouse-Lautrec

We took the day off to go to Albi, the home city of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the painter who created the posters for the Moulin Rouge in Paris. The Toulouse-Lautrec museum was a feast for the eyes inside and out.