À partager

A simple charcuterie-cheese board (planche mixte) is enough for a light sharing meal and can be found on most café menus.

Above: at La Tartine - 24 rue de Rivoli 75004

Market mix

There's something for everyone on Paris' market streets.

Above: by noon the square in front of l'Église Saint Médard resembles a village scene in Provence

Below: fall vegetables make a comeback; fresh oysters and wine at a fish stall; singing to the tune of roasting chickens; dancing on an open square

Mouffetard Street Market

Start at chocolaterie Mococha #89 rue Mouffetard and meander down

Best day: Sunday

Calm before the market

Ernest Hemingway described Rue Mouffetard as, "that wonderful crowded market street which led into Place Contrescarpe."

Shouting vendors, fresh produce, cafés, excellent small shops and stalls selling cheeses, wines, fish, breads, pastries, more, and on Sundays live music and dancing in a main square make "La Mouffe" an outing.

Cocktail maison

My version of a "Corsican cocktail" made with dark rum, Lillet Blanc, limoncello, soda water, fresh raspberries and a twist of lemon peel.

3 hours (or less) from Paris: Prague #5

Goodbye for now to the sublime beauty that is Prague. 

Above: in-spiring sunsets

Below: Jewish cemetery; John Lennon Wall; a "Botero" chair

PARIS - PRAGUE
Direct flights daily (1 hour 40 minutes) 

3 hours (or less) from Paris: Prague #4

Prague (Praha in Czech) is called "The City of a Hundred Spires" for good reason.

Above: interiors of just a few of Prague's many churches; elaborate coffin of Svatý Jan Nepomucký, John of Nepomuk, Prague's patron saint, inside Saint Vitus Cathedral  

Below: miracles have been attributed to The Infant Of Prague

3 hours (or less) from Paris: Prague #3

Prague castle / Saint Vitus Cathedral.

Below: Prague at night