Saturday, July 9 continued...
We walked back to our place to drop off my bottle carrier, freshen up and then took the metro all the way to Absessess, in Montmartre. Surprisingly, the gypsies we'd had to deal with on previous trips, who usually attack tourists for handouts, didn't seem to be around. Perhaps Paris has really worked on that issue.
My first mission was to find a specific antique shop in Montmartre that kept popping up on Pinterest. (note to self: the reality is usually not as it appears in the Pinterest picture...)
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| l'Objet qui Parle |
What's not to love?! The reality...
Upon entering the store, you realize the entire space is about 8' by 10', crammed full of stuff but I was fortunate to find this...
what I've wanted to find for years!
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| Sacre-Coeur |
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| ...a police incident |
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...parked his car where he wasn't authorized
so was swarmed by the police |
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Au Lapin Agile
(or nimble rabbit)
was a favourite hangout for struggling artists
and writers such as Picasso, Utrillo and
Guillaume Apollinaire. |
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| carrousel at the base of the Sacre-Coeur |
It was very warm and we were thirsty so we meandered our way down thru the narrow streets and smack into the fabric district...with a little manipulation on my part :)
Its a crazy system here, I went into the same store I shopped at last time and in the centre of the room is a huge table piled high with 3 metre lengths of cotton fabric, 110 - 150 cm wide and you just buy the entire piece for anywhere between 5 - 15 euro. I found 3 that I loved that I wouldn't probably find back home and was done fabric shopping.
what I've wanted to find for years!
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