Marché d'Aligre - XV

<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8312352041/" title="Flickr for 2012 1227 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="Flickr for 2012 1227" height="470" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8077/8312352041_d42f3454a4_c.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Marché d'Aligre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The clock tower stands watch over the activities. </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;">I have bought fruit, vegetables, cheese, pastries, old keys, linens, books, sheet music, and watercolors of Paris landmarks... all right here within a two block area.  Even if you do not buy a thing the market scene is a delight to observe.  No matter the weather, the markets are always busy.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Be sure to stop in one of the cafés for a warm beverage and a pastry.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché d'Aligre</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place d'Aligre</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Ledru Rolin</span></i>

Marché d'Aligre - XV

Marché d'Aligre The clock tower stands watch over the activities.  I have bought fruit, vegetables, cheese, pastries, old keys, linens, ...

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Vous êtes pianiste?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_uS1oauxVCi1kl56ps_foDvOQs32YPj-1MYrnoiv_L97OICLk9olm2zfsJxrVLGQaUWwFdVL2yLpBe9TGrkTGKWDyr20siW1tRBpFcHrgtNUQwin7ZRsvJe1wgSDg_dJXNBJI6WYSV8/s1600/2012+jan+15++2nd_0169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_uS1oauxVCi1kl56ps_foDvOQs32YPj-1MYrnoiv_L97OICLk9olm2zfsJxrVLGQaUWwFdVL2yLpBe9TGrkTGKWDyr20siW1tRBpFcHrgtNUQwin7ZRsvJe1wgSDg_dJXNBJI6WYSV8/s640/2012+jan+15++2nd_0169.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One never knows what one can find at a Paris street market...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Perhaps a book of Beethoven Sonatas or Alkan's Le Chemin de fer?</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;">I would have snatched up Chopin's Polonaise in A flat Major, Opus 53</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;">When I was walking that Sunday on a narrow street, I could hear strains of piano music from an accomplished student.  The long passageway amplified the tones to a dreamlike state, and I felt that I should tiptoe so as not to break the spell. </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 d'Aligre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span>

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One never knows what one can find at a Paris street market... Perhaps a book of Beethoven Sonatas or Alkan's Le Chemin de fer? I would h...

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