Our Siege of Drouot for the Day 2-4-16

We were a little slow getting started today because of a somewhat restless night, just as I was falling asleep Deb coughed and it roused me, that happened two more times at which point I got up and went to sleep on the sofa where it was quieter.  But a shorter night than normal.
We headed down to Drouot about an hour before the auction was scheduled but there was a sort of wildcat strike by the transport workers and things were "slowed down".  When the metro got to Gare de l'Est we made the change of trains but the new train just stopped in the station and the conductor claimed that there was a sick passenger somewhere along the line and that everything would be stopped until further notice.  So we abandoned the Metro and caught a bus outside that was going very close to the auction house.  Of course traffic was a nightmare due to everyone using their cars instead of public transport and it took us much longer to get there.  So the auction was in progress when we got there, but I don't think we missed much.  The first lots were composed of books and the dealers are like jackals, They're friendly competitors but if you're not a dealer forget about it.
We were after a couple things we saw yesterday.  We had a little success but by and large the things were worth more to other people and it just saves us the effort of trying to take them home.  I guess a simpler life also means letting things go that are just things with no real meaning, but for Hermes scarves nothing gets simpler, more is better.