About the Saint-Marie-aux-Mines Show
Über die Börse in Saint-Marie-aux-Mines
| The show in
Saint-Marie-aux-Mines in France in the region called
"Alsace" ist something special, its not only
one of the biggest shows in Europe so far (it might be
that Munich is bigger - but its hard to tell...). Its
hosted by a small city nested in a mountain valley of the
Vosges mountains, its an indoor and open air happening
occupying almost the whole center of the city arround
midsummer. Not like the other big shows in Europe which
are usualy held in big citys like Munich, Torino,
Barcelona etc. arround autumn. You may call it the
"Tucson of Europe" and its unique charm and
atmosphere is catching every visitors attention and makes
them come back year after year. Regardless if you are interested in high class expensive specimen, which you will find in the theater (a gem of its own) or if you want to cut a deal in fossils or minerals from Morocco (there are plenty of them !), or if you are interested in stuff from Eastern Europe, its all there. The cream of the mineral world flocks in as early as Tuesday to be an early bird, and if there is no space yet opened, specimens are traded on the stairway of the theater or from the seat of a car (as you can see in the pictures). I have seven pages of colorfull pictures taken in 1998 and 1998 with my Mavica but left away any comments and let speak the pics for themselfs. Also I strongly recommend the video clip (in spite of its 10 MB size !). Its almost two minutes in 320 x 240 pixel with sound, glued together from countless MAVICA-MPEG´s on floppy disc. Take your time and take a virtual trip to the show in Saint-Marie-aux-Mines ! And trust me, the food is much better as in Tucson ! :-) Die Börse in Saint-Marie-aux-Mines
(Markirch) in Frankreich, Elsaß ist etwas ganz
besonderes. Sie ist nicht nur eine der größten
Veranstaltungen dieser Art in Europa (möglicherweise ist
München größer - aber das ist schwer zu sagen). Die
Steinmesse ist in einer kleinen Stadt zu Gast die in
einem Tal der Vogesen eingebettet liegt, es ist mehr eine
Art "Happening" das sowohl in geschlossenen
Räumen als auch draußen in Zelten oder unter freiem
Himmel stattfindet und um die Zeit der Sommersonnenwende
herum fast die gesamte Innenstadt mit Beschlag belegt. |