Today being the weekend and the weather looking decent, i.e. cool, breezy, and dry, we decided to head over to a brocante market in the 16th arr. This market was about a block from the Radio France building just south of and across the river from the Tour Eiffel. We've been over here a couple other times but not enough to say that we're real knowledgeable about it. And after today's visit I can say that we're still not real knowledgeable about it. We spent about an hour going through a small market but Deb did find another little treasure to add to her collection of Paris seals.
We did come across a really interesting building however, the "Castel Beranger". Designed by Hector Guimard, the architect who designed so many of the Art Nouveau Metro entrances, around 1890. It is a mix of styles, primarily Art Nouveau but also some architectural abstraction. It was nicknamed, Eccentric House by the painter Paul Signac who lived here at one time, but it was also called the Crazy House and the Devil's House by some neighbors. Be that as it may it was awarded the first prize in Paris building design in 1898.
Since we still had two bridges to cross and they are both right in the middle of town we jumped on a bus and headed over to the Hotel de Ville for lunch at one of our favorite little jewels, Le Trumilou. The sign on their door said that they would be closed through the 1st of January but when we tried to open the door it was partially locked. People were inside and I rattled the door a few times until one of the staff came to the door and said they were still closed. I pointed to the door sign but he just shrugged and smiled when I said bad luck for us, so no lunch there today. We did find a little tea shop around the corner that had a pleasant little lunch offering and not too expensive.
After our lunch we undertook the two bridge crossings both of which took us from the right bank over on to the Ile St. Louis, just east of Notre Dame. We did spend time walking several of the streets looking in shop windows and enjoying it's intimacy before heading back to the apartment. It started to rain lightly as we got back and tomorrow is forecast for rain all day. But all in all we're down to one bridge left to cross, the one furthest south and east inside the peripherique, But it's right along the tram line so we can get off at one stop walk across the bridge to the next stop and finish out that little goal.
Today being the weekend and the weather looking decent, i.e. cool, breezy, and dry, we decided to head over to a brocante market in the 16th arr. This market was about a block from the Radio France building just south of and across the river from the Tour Eiffel. We've been over here a couple other times but not enough to say that we're real knowledgeable about it. And after today's visit I can say that we're still not real knowledgeable about it. We spent about an hour going through a small market but Deb did find another little treasure to add to her collection of Paris seals. 
We did come across a really interesting building however, the "Castel Beranger". Designed by Hector Guimard, the architect who designed so many of the Art Nouveau Metro entrances, around 1890. It is a mix of styles, primarily Art Nouveau but also some architectural abstraction. It was nicknamed, Eccentric House by the painter Paul Signac who lived here at one time, but it was also called the Crazy House and the Devil's House by some neighbors. Be that as it may it was awarded the first prize in Paris building design in 1898. 
Since we still had two bridges to cross and they are both right in the middle of town we jumped on a bus and headed over to the Hotel de Ville for lunch at one of our favorite little jewels, Le Trumilou. The sign on their door said that they would be closed through the 1st of January but when we tried to open the door it was partially locked. People were inside and I rattled the door a few times until one of the staff came to the door and said they were still closed. I pointed to the door sign but he just shrugged and smiled when I said bad luck for us, so no lunch there today. We did find a little tea shop around the corner that had a pleasant little lunch offering and not too expensive.
After our lunch we undertook the two bridge crossings both of which took us from the right bank over on to the Ile St. Louis, just east of Notre Dame. We did spend time walking several of the streets looking in shop windows and enjoying it's intimacy before heading back to the apartment. It started to rain lightly as we got back and tomorrow is forecast for rain all day. But all in all we're down to one bridge left to cross, the one furthest south and east inside the peripherique, But it's right along the tram line so we can get off at one stop walk across the bridge to the next stop and finish out that little goal.
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