Louka, Odette, Ismaël… how are the first names on souvenir gifts chosen?

2023-08-08 12:04:45

Patrick hurries. It is already 10:30 a.m., and he still has to unpack several boxes of Breton bowls before tourists flock to his shop, located at the entrance to the old town of Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine). Those he puts on the shelves correspond to the first names sold over the past two weeks. With his wife, they sell around 7,000 typical Breton bowls a year. “We sell a lot of them because we adapt: ​​when I hear a first name once, then twice, I write it down and I order it,” explains the manager, asking an Esteban and a Fatima.