One of my favorite things to do in Paris is to visit Île de la Cité and stroll through the flower market.  When most people visit Notre Dame, they don’t realize that just down the street is a beautiful flower market.  Housed in iron pavilions, it is open 7 days a week from 8am to 7.30pm  The best time to visit the market is in the spring and summer as all of the flowers are out in full bloom.  The winter time around the holidays is also a pretty time to visit the market to se

I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays!  I left Paris and traveled back home to Canada for my holidays.  However, I was still in France long enough to enjoy some of the European Christmas traditions.  I strolled around the Christmas market along the Champs Elysees and enjoyed the city coming to life with the lights strung across many of the streets.  The Christmas market along the Champs Elysees is one of my favorite things to do around the holidays.  The market stretches alo

Since this is my first Sunday back in Paris, I had to go to our local market. There is just something so wonderful about the fresh produce, cheeses and flowers that are offered at french markets. The atmosphere is so lively with sellers shouting out their specials of the day. I took a few photos while I wandered through the stalls deciding what to buy! #Market #paris

Well today I decided to check out marché aligre to see what treasures I could find. All of the tour books say that it is a great market for fruits and veggies, and collectibles. I decided to walk there instead of take the metro, so I could window shop along the way. I found myself in Place des Vosges, which was the home of Victor Hugo. It had just started snowing again as I walked into the park to take this photo. As I left the park, I ended up getting lost and turning down