Les puces de Saint-Ouen - Vernaison

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQ2EhtH6lQLMHQ2OoFm5jY9CLNyyGwYcVBRkHhxTCs8iyBLB-tyUPkZgm6AMe5CWRSQiVi45PM3gpFfFdHIItH5JLSJ_cmllVmeuccvEPVznJoUY3w3f2pXmXVhILQeWjopsWGlr0B6c/s1600/2010+june+19+P1000782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" sca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQ2EhtH6lQLMHQ2OoFm5jY9CLNyyGwYcVBRkHhxTCs8iyBLB-tyUPkZgm6AMe5CWRSQiVi45PM3gpFfFdHIItH5JLSJ_cmllVmeuccvEPVznJoUY3w3f2pXmXVhILQeWjopsWGlr0B6c/s640/2010+june+19+P1000782.jpg" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Les marchés aux puces...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">or simply Les Puces (the fleas!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Marché Vernaison is one of the markets within Saint-Ouen with winding passages and many vendors where you can find anything from furniture to beads, textiles, paintings, antique toys, silver flatware.  It is enormous and you can easily lose your way and the time wandering from one stall to the next.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you are a serious shopper looking for bargains, this may not be the best market for you.  It is said that the deeper you go into the market, past Marché Paul Bert, the better luck you may have.  Think of this as a forest and you must venture into the very deepest woods to discover the real treasures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is the largest antique market in the world receiving between 120,00 to 180,000 visitors each weekend.  Next week I will take you to le marché aux Puces de Vanves which is on the opposite side of Paris but equally exciting for the treasure hunter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Marché Vernaisson</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>99, rue des Rosiers</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75018, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Porte de Clignancourt</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Les puces de Saint-Ouen - Vernaison

Les marchés aux puces... or simply Les Puces (the fleas!) Marché Vernaison is one of the markets within Saint-Ouen with winding passages and...

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Marché aux Puces, St-Ouen V

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9SJSXWQt2srrPHnoYYK5sXZTLMO_1Cui7-pH6Frfe6_eSbo_TRCykGY6pn1hO6eCpwhUp7770qBDHLToEdXobpDS1hyphenhyphenSRRI2PZ3xe5GEeudT61Ec_5BW6CL6m1h935ibg4lBGi7UCFY/s1600/2010+dec+7+0008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9SJSXWQt2srrPHnoYYK5sXZTLMO_1Cui7-pH6Frfe6_eSbo_TRCykGY6pn1hO6eCpwhUp7770qBDHLToEdXobpDS1hyphenhyphenSRRI2PZ3xe5GEeudT61Ec_5BW6CL6m1h935ibg4lBGi7UCFY/s640/2010+dec+7+0008.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Perhaps this delightful little treasure-trove should be called</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Le Cavern d'Ali Baba*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This sweet friend, originally from Spain, has lived in Paris with her husband for over 30 years.  I have been to see her on almost every visit to Paris, but we may miss each other on this trip.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Surely, I do not have to explain that to you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small;">*a reference from French friend Isabelle when she first saw my art studio!</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Marché aux Puces, St-Ouen</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Porte de Clignancourt</em></span>

Marché aux Puces, St-Ouen V

Perhaps this delightful little treasure-trove should be called Le Cavern d'Ali Baba* This sweet friend, originally from Spain, has lived...

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Saint-Ouen - Marché Biron II

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKmgyH6SuBYH2Sv-NUsbBPRm3KoIqONm72r0ZiQgetIiGL3dGjnP2UiV6w4-44LqEabnsMLpbbadkdhA0iOALlP-agupTDaO4hEQbvmFGGQKQvzPKvYHBUmXkTZz-reMHYnF2ogAz4es/s1600/2010+dec+paris+orange+2+P1010002+-+cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590449525673604722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKmgyH6SuBYH2Sv-NUsbBPRm3KoIqONm72r0ZiQgetIiGL3dGjnP2UiV6w4-44LqEabnsMLpbbadkdhA0iOALlP-agupTDaO4hEQbvmFGGQKQvzPKvYHBUmXkTZz-reMHYnF2ogAz4es/s640/2010+dec+paris+orange+2+P1010002+-+cropped.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br /><br />The window shopping at Marché Biron is fabulous, but the prices are sometimes astonishing. Holly and I once met two American antique dealers who come every six month or so to fill a shipping box full for the trip across the Atlantic, headed to New England. We asked them if they spoke French and they laughed and said that they did not need to as they spoke, "Cash." <br /><br />They were nice enough but it sent a shiver down my spine in their lack of interest in the magnificent language of this country from which they buy and then sell. What a loss for them. Tant pis.<br /><br />Marché Biron<br />Marché aux Puces St Ouen<br />Métro Porte de Clignancourt

Saint-Ouen - Marché Biron II

The window shopping at Marché Biron is fabulous, but the prices are sometimes astonishing. Holly and I once met two American antique dealers...

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Marché aux Puces, St-Ouen III

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPN5gqHOxqt8q0jIY9rd9w82-cE7ix4pBaZnrWn8dyOGsaoANBOV_xQ9OIYI2O5zal8_JjfDevCxrwU23e2EOsp-sWBCS_6TEGcvHl7f6pKrHUbZatnytCDPes5s4zYWYr1HLqaoFCKY/s1600/DSC_0240.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564493499924449986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPN5gqHOxqt8q0jIY9rd9w82-cE7ix4pBaZnrWn8dyOGsaoANBOV_xQ9OIYI2O5zal8_JjfDevCxrwU23e2EOsp-sWBCS_6TEGcvHl7f6pKrHUbZatnytCDPes5s4zYWYr1HLqaoFCKY/s640/DSC_0240.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Abundant treasures can be found at the Paris flea markets (Marché aux Puces). Whether you are hunting for a specific item or just wandering on a Saturday morning, the markets are a great venue for people-watching. </span><br /><br /><br />Marché aux Puces, St-Ouen<br />Porte de Clignancourt

Marché aux Puces, St-Ouen III

Abundant treasures can be found at the Paris flea markets (Marché aux Puces). Whether you are hunting for a specific item or just wandering ...

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Saint-Ouen - Marché Biron

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8xfX7yvjeOpl1ncmIWc39PALD3UbXQ3AxrW974p3kgd14SXBjUsWTWDSNP4NkW_aaBNLzubIH5VtcC5MquxJToM4mHV39VPdpW4snzEuc3JeJOjtSgePA1D49VRAq7MJ_gVHYWQWMZ0/s1600/2010+dec+paris+orange+1+P1000991+cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552985766651448770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8xfX7yvjeOpl1ncmIWc39PALD3UbXQ3AxrW974p3kgd14SXBjUsWTWDSNP4NkW_aaBNLzubIH5VtcC5MquxJToM4mHV39VPdpW4snzEuc3JeJOjtSgePA1D49VRAq7MJ_gVHYWQWMZ0/s640/2010+dec+paris+orange+1+P1000991+cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A trip to Paris is never complete without a visit to Marché aux Puces at Saint-Ouen. I love the look of winter and it had just snowed that Saturday morning leaving the tree decorated with a dusting of white. The long allée of Marché Biron with its glass-front display rooms was nearly deserted... the shopkeepers inside, their little dogs peering out from the heated interiors.<br /><br /></span>Marché Biron<br />Saint-Ouen<br />Métro Porte de Clignancourt</span>

Saint-Ouen - Marché Biron

A trip to Paris is never complete without a visit to Marché aux Puces at Saint-Ouen. I love the look of winter and it had just snowed that S...

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