Loaves, cheeses, sausages

Farmers from the countryside shout out to passersby on the Rue de Buci street market.

More sumptuousness

Brasserie Printemps, under a lavish stained-glass cupola on the top floor of the Haussmann store, is a perfect after-shopping stop for a Ladies' or Mother-Daughter Lunch.

 

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Update 8/2020:

selected as one of ten "amazing ambience" restaurants in Paris by The Travel Channel

Patch of green

Vibrant flowers and thick green grass flourish outside a medieval church.

Sumptuous

Lobby at glamorous Hotel Hilton Paris Opera, built in 1889 and recently refurbished.

Wildflowers

A small thicket of wildflowers smack in the city center.

Through branches

Partial view of the Pont Neuf.

Clown time

A couple of street performers take some down time on a bench behind Notre Dame Cathedral.