Not that we haven't been having fun, but we've both been a bit under the weather for the last couple weeks. It hailed this morning and was quite cold and windy. This is only the second time we've seen frozen precipitation since we got here so we weren't really hasty in getting out.
Just afternoon we got out and went down to Hotel Drouot for a bit fun, I checked out the auctions and we found a couple that had interesting things to look at. We walked through around several pre-sale inspections and found things that might be fun to chase after if the price is right. We also stood and watched a couple actual auctions to reacquaint ourselves how they operate, they are different than auctions in the U.S. in that you don't sign up ahead, you just bid and if you win you present some sort of payment on the spot. In the heat of the battle you have to really pay attention to what the current bid is because if you bid you're agreeing to the next price not the current one.
So we spent a couple hours wandering and looking and enjoying the process. It had rained while we were inside but pretty much stopped by the time we came out, but it was cool with a bit of wind. We headed back to the apartment to do some research on what we had seen today. Tomorrow if we decide to go back we'll be prepared and who knows maybe a couple little prizes will be our.
Just afternoon we got out and went down to Hotel Drouot for a bit fun, I checked out the auctions and we found a couple that had interesting things to look at. We walked through around several pre-sale inspections and found things that might be fun to chase after if the price is right. We also stood and watched a couple actual auctions to reacquaint ourselves how they operate, they are different than auctions in the U.S. in that you don't sign up ahead, you just bid and if you win you present some sort of payment on the spot. In the heat of the battle you have to really pay attention to what the current bid is because if you bid you're agreeing to the next price not the current one. 
So we spent a couple hours wandering and looking and enjoying the process. It had rained while we were inside but pretty much stopped by the time we came out, but it was cool with a bit of wind. We headed back to the apartment to do some research on what we had seen today. Tomorrow if we decide to go back we'll be prepared and who knows maybe a couple little prizes will be our.
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