Les Marchet Des Enfants Rouge

Sunday is a great day to go wandering around Paris, people are out and the markets are open.

Today Peter and Monique were taking me to Les Marchet Des Enfants Rouge (Markets of the red Children), the oldest food market in Paris, built in 1615 under the rule of King Louis XIII!

The market consists of fresh food stalls selling fish, meat, bread, flowers, fruit and vegetables, plus stalls selling food ready to eat!! It is a popular place for brunch!

 
It was wonderful ... we picked out a few tidbits to munch on while deciding what we wanted ...  Guillaume found some mozzarella stuffed and rolled like a pizza that took his fancy, so he had that, Peter and I found a Lebanese stall and got some Pita bread and I got a few little savoury pastries - Yum!

Then it was time for lunch, G and I chose Maroccan and Peter and Monique had Japanese! Poor G, he was hungry and anxious for me to make up my mind, I told him to chill out and he told me I needed to chill out "less"!! I was far too relaxed for him and busy looking at all the dishes and working them out ... sometimes I drive him crackers!

The Moroccan was cous cous which, in France, means the whole dish ... there were so many options and it was pretty good, although I could have added a little more flavour!!

The little sausage you see on the plate was delicious!  Of course, we couldn't eat it all, there was way too much!

After lunch we decided that we should wander around as we were all so full.  Paris is such a wonderful city to meander around in ..... there is always something to see .... and, it's lovely and cool! 

The bag  have in my hand has a couple of really cool gadgets and ideas from this shop called Sam, there was no way I could leave without buying at least two of them!!

The photo below left is an exposition of lots of photos of people's faces taken with a Polaroid .... really cool!

There was this shop with great photos displayed on one side .... this one of Mick Jagger and Mr Wrinkles! I cannot remember his name, all I am getting is Ronnie Wood .... KRAFT's disease has arrived!!

While we were driving home, Guillaume spotted Velib (bikes you pay for from one sight and then return to another) and wanted to ride home. Peter agreed and I thought I'd try too. Monique was happy to go to another market and visit her parents in the car!





Given I haven't ridden a bike any distance since Moses was a child, I was a little worried ... Peter and G were too, they didn't say anything, but I could tell.  I had the best time, it was great, riding through the streets of Paris on footpaths and the road, trying not to run people over and going flat out down hills!!  I am buying a bike when I get home!!

I actually beat the boys, but G did have to change his bike four times!!  Don't let this frown fool you, I loved it!! I had the camera so had to take a photo of myself :)

Incredibly the bikes were easy to pedal and the seats were comfortable, they didn't make you walk like you had something stuffed up your derriere for a few days afterwards! Of course, you have to make sure you get a bike that is in good nick!

When we finished our ride, we stopped of not far from home for a drink, me a Perrier with lemon (the closest thing to a lemon squash we could get) and Peter a beer, G was happy just to sit.  Then it was home to chill,