Spotted in Belleville in the 20th arrondissement, not too far from where that iconic French film, The Red Balloon, was made. My walk through Belleville took me through a noisy open air market, a bustling street lined with Asian restaurants and food shops, some of the quietest little lanes I've seen in Paris, and a sweet community garden brimming with vegetables, herbs, and flowers. And then there's the view of Paris from the Parc de Belleville -- in a word, fantastique. This wall was one of several beautifully rendered murals my friend and I encountered on our walk. You can learn more about it here.
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I love those open markets; the sights, the smells,the sounds. Belleville has been reinventing itself for at least a year or so. I guess the Bobos are running out of places.
Can't beat the prices either...a euro for a melon, 57 centimes for 2 gigantic red peppers, and less than euro for 4 small heirloom tomatoes. Hard to find that elsewhere in Paris.
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