Where’s the Beef?
If you’re one of our friends, you’re old enough to remember that fast food commercial from the 80’s (or was it the 70’s?) where the little old lady is complaining about not being able to find the meat in her hamburger. Well, today we definitely found some! As we were exploring the Marais District after finishing off our lunchtime falafel sandwiches, we passed a Charcuterie that was receiving a shipment of beef (see pictures). It was definitely a site you wouldn’t see very often in the U.S., if at all! By the way, the Falafel’s are to die for. We all queue up like the soup Nazi in that famous Seinfield episode.
The Beef isn’t the only unusual thing we encountered on our adventures…let’s see:
There’s the tiniest spiral staircase in the world at the Falafel Shop where we bought lunch. We squeezed our bodies up it to use the “toilette” and then weren’t sure our big feet would allow us to come back down!
As we walked along the St. Martin Canal we noticed a pigeon (they’re everywhere in Paris) disappear into a hole in the wall… then a small flock came to entertain us further.
Walls That Strut—what can I say when a picture is worth a thousand words? Definitely the most unusual building we’ve seen so far. It’s Michelangelo meets Frank Lloyd Wright!
My favorite song as a young child was: “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?” (the one with the waggily tail…) And there he was, in the window of the glass blower’s gallery below the promenade de plantee! (what would a day in Paris be without a few great dog sightings?) Beneath the promenade was nearly 2 miles of artist shops, painters, sculptures and more exotic art restores, fine ceramic painters to name a few.
Tomorrow we have decided to visit the best of French Cuisine Stores as named in a book. We are striving for The best coffee, The best cheeses, The Best bread ala Poline Bread and more. Then we are going to a Mozart concert at St Chapelle where the king use to worship. He even had a little view slot cut into the wall so he could attend church in his PJ’s. Below is a grouping of themed pictures from our daily travels:
Picture Set 1
Picture Set 2
Picture Set 3
Picture Set 4
posted by Bob and Gayle @ 3:55 PM
3 Comments:
The desserts look scrumptious!
Keep the photos coming - they're wonderful.
Barb & Dave
You are having too much fun. We're enjoying your blog. It's raining here, you're not missing anything.
Don & Pat
The pigeons sure reproduce fast, don't they! In the blink of the eye.
Kimball & Marilyn
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