VINEGAR STREETRue Mouffetard was the old market for spoiled wine, sold as vinegar. The lowest prostitutes would be found here. It was so shunned, it is pretty much preserved in a lovely old form. Despite some touristy restaurants selling hot cheese and other things no Parisian would ever eat, the Arennes de Lutêce are nearby, and you can walk up the whole street to the Seine if you have the strenght. You will find quincailleries and drogeries here, markets, used records, pottery, fashion, food, theatre, courtyards, parks, frescoes, churches, and Bruce says it felt like the early 1960s in a way, reminding him of old times he never saw but which he thinks might have been. Never come to Paris and expect some Hollywood drivel, but he saw things like the Greenwich Village of old, (he is a native NYer) and burst out, "Lisa, want some chocolate?" I said no! We have it at home. But that was nice. Wow, he shuffles around here and seems dazed, but he is interacting some, and learning to see a big tourist city NOT as a tourist. He is here for two months from the USA. Take a bottle of water and snack, and don't miss the chicha bars, the old churches, buying fresh foods, fashion, needing two hours to get from place to place, and prepare for heat and no ventilation. That is Paris. The métro is civilized but not fast, Bruce says. Fairly clean. copyright 2010 Lisa B. Falour, B.S., M.B.A. all rights reserved LISA, INC. (EURL) cutecatfaith.com code pour embarquer la vidéo : >>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/GKtdN6jUxMU <<< |