ちょっと早く行き過ぎてぶらぶら。。。w してたら段々お店が開いて来た!
アンティークのお店が集まっているVERNAISON地区をぐるぐる。。。
クリニャンクールはすごい規模で、この地区だけでも300以上のお店が集まっています。
We woke up extra early to go to Clignancourt flea market!
Turns out we were too early...walked around and watched the stores opened one by one.
This flea market is massive!
We were in the Veranaison area, the antique market the whole time.
This area only consists of over 300 vendors.



すごく楽しくて、欲しい物いっぱいあったんだけど、
逆にありすぎて何も買えなかった私。。。(^▽^;)
父と母はジュエリーやアンティークのピルケース、
テリーはエールフランスの古いポスターを見つけました。
It was so much fun and there were so many things I wanted my head was spinning...
I ended up buying nothing. (^▽^;)
My parents found some antique jewelry and intricate pill cases.
Terry bought an old air france poster.

お昼からはモンマルトルの丘へ。
モノレールに乗ってあっという間にサクレクール寺院が目の前!
We headed to Montmartre after the market.
Took the monorail up the hill and before we knew it Sacre Coeur was in our face.

丘の上から眺める景色は本当にきれいでした。
The view of Paris from Montmartre was really beautiful.

だけど、オペラ周辺に負けない食くらい混んでいる~~~。

But!!! Montmartre was so crowded. Almost as crowded near the opera.


早めに退散。。。帰りはビールを飲みつつゆっくり階段をおりる。
We decided to make it a short stay.
Took the stairs down with a can of beer.

途中に猫ちゃんがいたよー!
There was a cat on the way down.

ゆっくりした時間を求めてやって来たのはサンマルタン運河。
We escaped to St. Martin Canals.

絵の具が入ってるんじゃないかと思うくらい緑の水。
今回パリの中では一番好みな雰囲気でした。
Water was so green like somebody poured paint in it.
I liked this area the best in Paris.

運河近くのビストロで遅めのランチを食べて、
(メニューがチョークで雑に書いてあるだけだったから大変だったよ~

Late lunch at a nearby bistro.
It was small and crowded, and really good.
Their menu was hand written on chalkboard in French and we were like Ahhh....




しばらくここでお散歩したりお買い物したり。。。
朝蚤の市で何も買わなかった反動の様にブリキの箱を衝動買い!(・・;)
Walked around and did some shopping after lunch.
I had a impulsive shopping spree and got this cute green box...
Not buying anything earlier back fired at me. (・・;)

この後父はどうしても行きたいと言うマルモッタン美術館へ、
私達3人はジェラートを食べながらホテルまで戻ったのでした。
#8ヘ続く。。。
We had some extra time until dinner, so Dad ventured out to another museum, and us 3 went to get some gelato and back to the hotel.
To be continued to #8...