Day 2 - Dec 16 - To market, to market

One thing I really wanted to do in Paris was to see a 'French market' so we set out in search of one. Our first attempt was a little unexpected. The market turned out to be a single grocery store - not quite what I was looking for, but we can call it a fine excuse for wandering the streets and admiring the buildings. This picture is of us (ok, the three of them) studying the maps on a bus shelter.


Our second attempt was a success - an indoor market bearing much resemblance to the St. Lawrence Market. One of the first stalls we came against had two boars suspended head down from the top of the stall (photograph foreground), and a boar's head in a basket on the counter. Also lots of birds hung up as well. That seems to be a popular way of displaying fowls here - upside down, head on, with some plumage.







A produce stand. I just liked the pinkness and whiteness of the radishes.








What Joyce termed 'brain cheeses'. They look mouldy to me - not sure if that is actually what the chalky exterior is. I did take an extremely long time to choose another cheese to buy - Mont d'Or. It was soft and a little stronger than brie.






Pates. Two different pates were purchased.









Fractal vegetables aka Romanesco which was labeled as brocco-flower. However, this site states that they are in fact different things. Coolest vegetable ever, non?