The popular excitement surrounding the Paris 2024 Games continues in Montpellier with the big sale
|La grande braderie des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024 a été un succès. Midi Libre – GIACOMO ITALIANO
Thousands of people got up at dawn or even before for the chance to take home Olympic Games items this Sunday.
A queue from the entrance to the Promenade du Peyrou to the traffic lights on Rue Pitot. Thousands of people gathered this Sunday, October 13, for the big Olympic flea market in Montpellier.
The queue was very long. Midi Libre – GIACOMO ITALIANO
Marseille, Nice, Cavaillon, Nîmes… Participants came from all over the south-east to leave with objects on the theme of the Paris Olympic Games. For them, the event was unmissable, some had even booked a hotel room to be directly on site and not miss the opportunity to have objects reminding them of the magnificent summer of 2024.
The first arrivals at 3:30 p.m.
The first arrivals stood in front of the gates around 3:30 in the morning, before being joined by dozens of people during the night. Yann was the pioneer in this wait. Having come from Marseille by bus on Saturday evening, the Phocéen walked from the Sabines bus station to Peyrou. “I found the interlude so enchanting that I wanted to find souvenirs and take little Christmas presents”, says the Marseillais who will leave with the complete volunteer outfit and glasses of champagne.
Yann left with a smile and a volunteer outfit. Midi Libre – GIACOMO ITALIANO
Others had traveled less distance and came from Montpellier like Florent who wanted to “recover symbols of the Olympic Games that were significant and that remind me of good times”. He finally bought a t-shirt, socks, and a pair of shoes.
When the doors of the Jardins du Peyrou opened at 10 a.m., the long wait quickly turned into a race to keep his place in line in front of the tent to start the sale in a good position.
The wait was very long for some. Midi Libre – GIACOMO ITALIANO
A sale that was limited to ten items, frustrating for the first to arrive but beneficial for those who waited and hoped for a minimum of remaining stock. Every 20 minutes, about thirty people could enter the tent to try to find the rare pearl in the smile and good humor.
“Don't buy anything, I took a lot of things”
While the first lucky ones started their shopping, the others had to be patient outside the stand while watching the first purchases. Some did not need to queue like the relatives of this grandmother who left with a pink towel, carried by an Olympic athlete. “Don't buy anything, I took a lot of things”, she told her family on the phone.
When they left, everyone left with a bag full of goodies, clothes or accessories, with prices varying between 1 € and 60 € for each item purchased. A popular but also ecological initiative.