Marché aux Fleurs et aux Oiseaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Gksdgcqq6WCP98ufemBbaDRp3JBBH25I4ZAWyBxulRTJHMs3YDus7OnNOXb5I6z4Z_4EkuvT6QO5I-JT3JtSm_hCz4VpZ2szz_7a6CYwoE3CZzoV7fp1qWgBmDP8ueC3BHnvWGOTGR8/s1600/2009+Dec+6+00767.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Gksdgcqq6WCP98ufemBbaDRp3JBBH25I4ZAWyBxulRTJHMs3YDus7OnNOXb5I6z4Z_4EkuvT6QO5I-JT3JtSm_hCz4VpZ2szz_7a6CYwoE3CZzoV7fp1qWgBmDP8ueC3BHnvWGOTGR8/s1600/2009+Dec+6+00767.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Flower Market</div><div style="text-align: center;">(and sometimes a bird market)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Flower Market is open daily </div><div style="text-align: center;">but they only bring out the birds on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see from this rainy day photo, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the birds had all flown away (kidding).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">People come from all over Paris and surrounding areas to buy</div><div style="text-align: center;">all imaginable types of birds from canaries and finches </div><div style="text-align: center;">to roosters and chickens.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché aux Fleurs</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Louis-Lépine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Merci beaucoup, BC, for the reminder)  </span></i></div>

Marché aux Fleurs et aux Oiseaux

The Flower Market (and sometimes a bird market) The Flower Market is open daily  but they only bring out the birds on Sunday. As you can see...

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Île de la Cité - les serveurs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetRH6kFzcICu_9pR5Vq4gvhKaGkfAn05jUUqpGl7dGxVXRaVmbkPwnfLcvE5H3FbcKmQpM3IJU4xYX6BKGJ0ndHJgER7NzbqGESeeTZpdu1UAqhA44Db_ZLOVygXY7DOHCyLAD4uoI_s/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_120DSC_4368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetRH6kFzcICu_9pR5Vq4gvhKaGkfAn05jUUqpGl7dGxVXRaVmbkPwnfLcvE5H3FbcKmQpM3IJU4xYX6BKGJ0ndHJgER7NzbqGESeeTZpdu1UAqhA44Db_ZLOVygXY7DOHCyLAD4uoI_s/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_120DSC_4368.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Les Serveurs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dressed perfectly for the job, </div><div style="text-align: center;">waiters are perhaps one of my favorite subjects in Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I did not exactly ask for permission </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I pointed to my camera </div><div style="text-align: center;">and tilted my head posing the unspoken question.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">With a slight nod, permission was given.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Île de la Cité</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Île de la Cité - les serveurs

Les Serveurs Dressed perfectly for the job,  waiters are perhaps one of my favorite subjects in Paris I did not exactly ask for permission  ...

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Marché aux Oiseaux - Place Louis Lépine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3pMHIsUbL_8iTc1kqM8oeupb181ktAI-CgDTiJJSyqX_UndT3h1g6JTCM8J99Fb_liQt8B_50iLIB6C0uNlVmWWBrRy-WAKr5VzI5pz1w5Bt8EWZXV_OpaK1ym7fTWu5PQBANi5Ch24/s1600/2009+dec+2+DSC_0873.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3pMHIsUbL_8iTc1kqM8oeupb181ktAI-CgDTiJJSyqX_UndT3h1g6JTCM8J99Fb_liQt8B_50iLIB6C0uNlVmWWBrRy-WAKr5VzI5pz1w5Bt8EWZXV_OpaK1ym7fTWu5PQBANi5Ch24/s640/2009+dec+2+DSC_0873.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marché aux Fleurs</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Marché aux Oiseaux)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On Sundays the Marché aux Fleurs<span style="font-size: small;"> becomes the Marché aux Oiseaux (Bird Market) </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">with a chatty selection of <span style="font-size: small;">birds<span style="font-size: small;">, from the ordinary to the rare.   You may find hens, chickens, roosters, rabbits, fish, Guinea pigs.  </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are looking for color<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> the birds<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>will oblige your re<span style="font-size: small;">quest.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">  </span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Marché aux Fleurs</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Louis L<span style="font-size: small;">é</span>pine</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Île de la Cité</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div>

Marché aux Oiseaux - Place Louis Lépine

Marché aux Fleurs (Marché aux Oiseaux) On Sundays the Marché aux Fleurs becomes the Marché aux Oiseaux (Bird Market)  with a chatty selecti...

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Les lanternes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA2-nARQ02ai8Zaa0v3c_wq01cInOYmQgpYkCJX26FewCbcmjnB5ydlN-hboXYhSBbay9nVweeCXC5XtjAJwNKuQaQcCBuPvEx5h76eLXpSpn238afjUXeDJycFApYd6vN8jfG4MYxPE/s1600/2012+mar+27+photo+(22).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA2-nARQ02ai8Zaa0v3c_wq01cInOYmQgpYkCJX26FewCbcmjnB5ydlN-hboXYhSBbay9nVweeCXC5XtjAJwNKuQaQcCBuPvEx5h76eLXpSpn238afjUXeDJycFApYd6vN8jfG4MYxPE/s640/2012+mar+27+photo+(22).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;"><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;">In the Marché aux Fleurs I found this collection of lanterns </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">suspended from the greenhouse roof.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I dreamed that I had the two in front for large candles on my Paris terrace.  </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;">Un aperitif?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Marché aux Fleurs</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Louis Lepine</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Île de la Cité</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span>

Les lanternes

In the Marché aux Fleurs I found this collection of lanterns suspended from the greenhouse roof.  I dreamed that I had the two in front for ...

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