Street meet

 

 

Saturday at the rue Caulaincourt vide-grenier, a sort of swap meet-flea market that means, "empty attic."

Picket fence

 A Montmartre café with a leafy picket fence evokes the feel of a French village.

Heart attack

 Turning a corner I was startled by this image of an enlarged human heart.

Cheese whisperer

 

 

Lowering his voice in reverie he will suggest the perfect cheeses for a weeknight planche.

Café at a slant

 

 A café terrace from a stairway.

Sign of the times

 

 

Large mural of a runny nose on the side of a building next to the Canal Saint-Martin.

Paris by the sea #5

The end of the île.

 

Above: a stone pier ends in the sea; marmites of ultra fresh moules and prawn cocktails; view from our table

Below: interconnected courtyards of hotel; last breakfast before heading home