From Markets to Monet

Paris has many markets all over the city on different days of the week. The Bastille market just around the corner is an example of one. It is mostly food where locals buy produce, fish and meat, however there are cheap clothes stands as well...





The entrance to the market,it probably stretches for a km down the middle of the boulevard.


Now, do I really need this?






Great produce, too bad this never shows up in our supermarkets!






These are the two we bought for supper, along with kale and tuna steaks. It was all delicious!





Don was impressed with the salt fish





And Lapin ( rabbit) which is very popular here.

And of course we had to buy breakfast....




Buckwheat crepes with tomato, cheese and organic sausages. Yum!

We also visited The Musee d'Orsay, which houses French art of the 1800s and early 1900s. It is a former train station so the building has huge domes.





Both Don and I enjoyed the collections since there were so many nice pieces there. Don liked the paintings in the Oriental section the most...









While I liked the Impressionists, the collection was huge...




This one by Renoir was my favourite.The way he used the yellow paint to create the pools of sunshine worked really well.




This was one of the Monets I really liked, so many shades of green.

(All of these images of the paintings come from web as we were not allowed to take photos of the works.)


We finished the evening with a walk around the neighbourhood which is full of old buildings...




The buildings look so different in the night.




A street corner...





The cobblestone streets in the Jewish Quarter which was once the largest in Western Europe. 75% of the population were lost in WWII.




And of course as we walked we also sat in the cafes and did what the Parisians do...




Beer and a champagne cocktail. The end to another great day in Paris!

Location:Paris, France