Marché Bastille

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAU2psZfDpJN9-YUjpARDx8VgBHtW-Jl-XQfvVvGfpVNxnA-w6ZFO7fQrswILen0i_1mIztQjP7D4BUWaonkjpcWeG3nxcqUiiGe6JODehdVaverv8WVawPtpIJHoXT9l24Y56BcHwrH4/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAU2psZfDpJN9-YUjpARDx8VgBHtW-Jl-XQfvVvGfpVNxnA-w6ZFO7fQrswILen0i_1mIztQjP7D4BUWaonkjpcWeG3nxcqUiiGe6JODehdVaverv8WVawPtpIJHoXT9l24Y56BcHwrH4/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0219.jpg" width="650" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marché Bastille</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen here on a market day (Thursdays and Sundays), you can buy almost anything from produce, seafood, bread, flowers, cheese, and other food items to household goods.  However, on Saturdays, this sprawling area is transformed into a street market of "art and creation," an opportunity to explore, to buy, and to talk with the artists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The street art and fine craft markets around the world allow a visitor (tourist?) to take home a sketch or a post-card sized painting for a reasonable amount.  My collection ranges from Punta Arenas to Prague and many places in between.  Each <i>petit quelque chose</i> provides a more permanent memory of a city/country than a souvenir stand could ever offer.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché Bastille</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché de la Création Paris-Bastille</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Richard Lenoir</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Marché Bastille

Marché Bastille Seen here on a market day (Thursdays and Sundays), you can buy almost anything from produce, seafood, bread, flowers, cheese...

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Marché Bastille - Un chapeau rouge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJrjH-_PpenGM4UbvHTRIwgk6oVVmiEniwiueMgrfy5Z26wi95-PSBXpLi5MO_Z1sUr6rxYl06zYjonFDeJiBFsXHF1t2gJLJwNnKGXA7C_tb0yy1Lx7-vZlTCx2OXqbunAkEuutd4To/s1600/2011+april+3+DSC_0211+-+TEST+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJrjH-_PpenGM4UbvHTRIwgk6oVVmiEniwiueMgrfy5Z26wi95-PSBXpLi5MO_Z1sUr6rxYl06zYjonFDeJiBFsXHF1t2gJLJwNnKGXA7C_tb0yy1Lx7-vZlTCx2OXqbunAkEuutd4To/s640/2011+april+3+DSC_0211+-+TEST+copy.jpg" width="424" /></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;">Seen in Marché Bastille in April</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was tempted to buy a hat while the eyes kept watch.</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;">Guess which hat I would choose?</span></div><br /><br />Marché Bastille<br />Thursday 7am-2:30pm, Sunday 7am-3pm<br />Boulevard Richard Lenoir<br />75011, Paris

Marché Bastille - Un chapeau rouge

Seen in Marché Bastille in April I was tempted to buy a hat while the eyes kept watch. Guess which hat I would choose? Marché Bastille Thurs...

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Marché Bastille

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZ9UmaoWAazAFBoax70V9qbr6_sRihf9o3qSt2zdXhSeo_GsUMvtuGRWaZdrg-fyXLeni2-C7YKYjnCS9JB6fBcY0YRG1KzOQZzps5TPxJtt4MhO0kApd0E6l_p6ae8dJlLfI_KAS0-w/s1600/2011+april+3+DSC_0219.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631644262366423778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZ9UmaoWAazAFBoax70V9qbr6_sRihf9o3qSt2zdXhSeo_GsUMvtuGRWaZdrg-fyXLeni2-C7YKYjnCS9JB6fBcY0YRG1KzOQZzps5TPxJtt4MhO0kApd0E6l_p6ae8dJlLfI_KAS0-w/s640/2011+april+3+DSC_0219.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Each of the Paris street markets is different with a flavor and personality of its own. Do not assume that because you have seen one market in Paris that you "have seen them all." </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">This bustling area along the Boulevard Richard Lenoir is boisterous and colorful with something for everyone.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Marché Bastille</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Boulevard Richard Lenoir</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">(le dimanche et le jeudi)</span>

Marché Bastille

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Marché Bastille

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQ9rSOosqANMVWF3GxQu9KgIvXN3egJ-R22psveYI9JNXHEpMYoOozZs7TuCm2Dcm120pWvz2Q2-LLqKiMuI67vsQPBvAhknWbIOqhjnd_9HoP8kv9GvTwRcq9nYBsCmMx3LXsua3qi8/s1600/2011+april+3+DSC_0214.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624582368134082498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQ9rSOosqANMVWF3GxQu9KgIvXN3egJ-R22psveYI9JNXHEpMYoOozZs7TuCm2Dcm120pWvz2Q2-LLqKiMuI67vsQPBvAhknWbIOqhjnd_9HoP8kv9GvTwRcq9nYBsCmMx3LXsua3qi8/s640/2011+april+3+DSC_0214.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">From a simple black cardboard box comes an array of color and fragrant blooms elegantly suited for a princess.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">One wonders about the buyer and the seller, and just who will be the recipient of a spring bouquet?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Marché Bastille</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Boulevard Beaumarchais<br /></span><br /><em>(Vive Le Tour 2011! -- La Barre-de-Monts)</em>

Marché Bastille

From a simple black cardboard box comes an array of color and fragrant blooms elegantly suited for a princess. One wonders about the buyer a...

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