Des fleurs de Marché Maubert - XIV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0I4cSuRSKjxAwO6CgNHBlgnWnCoVMzw5VRVz8V43xle5XxdcujYhsIFuG0aMLmJaXYbps4jfroI4kS1XbSzZNO8LurbERXQqt1Vxhj0SGuNJBLp6hrjo3h1K9an6gHQS3mvHWZfUuylc/s1600/2009+Dec+5+00472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0I4cSuRSKjxAwO6CgNHBlgnWnCoVMzw5VRVz8V43xle5XxdcujYhsIFuG0aMLmJaXYbps4jfroI4kS1XbSzZNO8LurbERXQqt1Vxhj0SGuNJBLp6hrjo3h1K9an6gHQS3mvHWZfUuylc/s1600/2009+Dec+5+00472.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marché Maubert</div><div style="text-align: center;">since 1547</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The flowers in the street market appear with the daylight, at Marché Maubert, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.  Most of the vendors display their wares at Marché Monge on the other days of the week.  Both of these markets have a flavor of the neighborhoods, and I have stayed just around the corner of Marché Maubert on many visits to Paris.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you return late in the day, you would not even imagine that there had been a street market only a few hours earlier.  The vendors fold up their tents for another day.  The city of Paris supplies and installs the poles and supports for this market at Place Maubert and at other market sites around the city.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché Maubert</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;">Place Maubert</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;">75005</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;">Métro Maubert-Mutualité</span></span></i></div>

Des fleurs de Marché Maubert - XIV

Marché Maubert since 1547 The flowers in the street market appear with the daylight, at Marché Maubert, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturday...

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Les silhouettes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jf0WGMkPmoxPhNn4rFL7huNGDMCBzEjbfDfkpknzX6K5YK8puEzCEqd9ga6cZYr5mVAKwtDjqebfe3tn1qSqUGht1NixyR1jzZ009sxArWMooLdV2_nIe_q9D6yUvRmjNV6eCthabTE/s1600/2012+jan+11+1st_0312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jf0WGMkPmoxPhNn4rFL7huNGDMCBzEjbfDfkpknzX6K5YK8puEzCEqd9ga6cZYr5mVAKwtDjqebfe3tn1qSqUGht1NixyR1jzZ009sxArWMooLdV2_nIe_q9D6yUvRmjNV6eCthabTE/s640/2012+jan+11+1st_0312.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;">Seen in a shop in the 5eme</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">full of handmade toys</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These tin figures danced in the shadow </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of Notre Dame seen in the distance.</div><br /><br /><br />Rue de Bièvre<br />75005, Paris<br />Métro Maubert-Mutualité

Les silhouettes

Seen in a shop in the 5eme full of handmade toys These tin figures danced in the shadow of Notre Dame seen in the distance. Rue de Bièvre 75...

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Un mélange de plusieurs choses

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyrrHAzgTvylEtrdTMbA7XAoa7PH93J6-4k832XnWNra6rqVZHWdCBCl8d1Ed2aIg0nuUK0SblR1SmlhiZ8HgCVfB4LujAeclFAr-R4wC1oKjiH8GS40n0QS1GcHtLAdP9806B1KJinY/s1600/2011+April+day+5+DSC_0029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyrrHAzgTvylEtrdTMbA7XAoa7PH93J6-4k832XnWNra6rqVZHWdCBCl8d1Ed2aIg0nuUK0SblR1SmlhiZ8HgCVfB4LujAeclFAr-R4wC1oKjiH8GS40n0QS1GcHtLAdP9806B1KJinY/s640/2011+April+day+5+DSC_0029.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;">Un mélange...</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;">café scene, an American newspaper, a zinc bar,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a poster for Bière Gallia Paris (</span><a href="http://galliaparis.com/en/beer-paris-gallia/gallia-history" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">click here</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">), </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">three people who did not show their faces,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and one photographer who did.</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;">Do you think they were hiding from me?</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>Rue Monge</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Maubert- Mutualité</em></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">For more reflections click <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>here</strong></span></a> for James' Weekend Reflections.</span></em></div>

Un mélange de plusieurs choses

Un mélange... café scene, an American newspaper, a zinc bar, a poster for Bière Gallia Paris ( click here ), three people who did not show t...

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Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael - II

<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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsp9SGojEllPlozEGhG1Vg_f7amDv12plw-1Aw1EsMvElSuyiZv-Li671lwHyM_MTsUbNGPRPwTZmbI-Jt0uqWnhUNEVBcl1ijgo4gXEIppIlUkUNYwhc0R4933vAL7otPBZChP82utPk/s1600/2012+jan+13+1st_0602b.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/AVvXsEgsp9SGojEllPlozEGhG1Vg_f7amDv12plw-1Aw1EsMvElSuyiZv-Li671lwHyM_MTsUbNGPRPwTZmbI-Jt0uqWnhUNEVBcl1ijgo4gXEIppIlUkUNYwhc0R4933vAL7otPBZChP82utPk/s640/2012+jan+13+1st_0602b.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The narrow Romanian Orthodox Church is <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/12/romanian-orthodox-church-of-holy.html" target="_blank"><strong>almost invisible from the street </strong></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but the interior is rich with golds and royal blue.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The altar sits like a bejeweled crown </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">dwarfed by the tall stained glass windows of the apse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For a small space there is much detail to absorb.</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></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;"><em>(for Ramona)</em></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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>9 bix, rue Jean de Beauvais</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Maubert-Mutualité</em></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>

Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael - II

The narrow Romanian Orthodox Church is almost invisible from the street but the interior is rich with golds and royal blue.  The altar sits ...

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Place Maubert

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX02KduU724cJRnul3bFMcECA88NUVHvtskJhtKplov-vvA9TUwiy8SOO8kjxz5b1bx7zDt_a4q7-LgLPRmSn4i897MtohVZLWZpSG-I6sgC9BoAo6gd4VBlBQ9le3YZl8V7O8dOXglP8/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX02KduU724cJRnul3bFMcECA88NUVHvtskJhtKplov-vvA9TUwiy8SOO8kjxz5b1bx7zDt_a4q7-LgLPRmSn4i897MtohVZLWZpSG-I6sgC9BoAo6gd4VBlBQ9le3YZl8V7O8dOXglP8/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0444.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Two of my usual stops on the way "home" greeting friends </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">who know what I like and who will make new suggestions.</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;">  </div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Maubert</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Maubert-Mutualité</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span>

Place Maubert

Two of my usual stops on the way "home" greeting friends who know what I like and who will make new suggestions.   Place Maubert M...

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Marché Maubert VII

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRDEz7F9X2nW1OzOEuUuv_rnEqZGIAKTF3jfHTiK2dYXWGffj0LCiPyLEfaRAJLgaM8X8jwA4dk5Rvj3EUODtBG2XqH3gegM71l-EA0-4Z8nIPQXEgdmhTvxB1upCNpkfh5uIluj8Y9w/s1600/2011+april+5+DSC_0024.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615302718283428002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRDEz7F9X2nW1OzOEuUuv_rnEqZGIAKTF3jfHTiK2dYXWGffj0LCiPyLEfaRAJLgaM8X8jwA4dk5Rvj3EUODtBG2XqH3gegM71l-EA0-4Z8nIPQXEgdmhTvxB1upCNpkfh5uIluj8Y9w/s640/2011+april+5+DSC_0024.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Found in Place Maubert, this thrice weekly market has its regular vendors of food, rugs, flowers, spices, and accessories. However, I had not seen this artist previously. He had a book with drawings and pictures of his work and some interested purchasers. I would like the tall piece but in general would only want a single selection of this style and probably would not buy it in Paris. What about you?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Marché Maubert</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Métro Maubert-Mutualité</span>

Marché Maubert VII

Found in Place Maubert, this thrice weekly market has its regular vendors of food, rugs, flowers, spices, and accessories. However, I had no...

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