Outdoor food market, Jardin du Luxembourg and tourist haven

Sunday morning, the perfect time to get up and go out to the organic food market on the Boulevard Raspail and do a little shopping for our petit dejeuner.  Too bad we were slow out the door and kind of already full from the blini and lox we bought at the Monoprix.  The vendors were staring to pack it up soon after we arrived but there was still time to look.  

A nice setting on the boulevard.

Quite a nice bounty of fruit and always a little white asparagus to be found.

Um, excuse me, can you tell me a little more about your rutabaga? Was it grown humanely? 

Pre-sliced artisanal bread wrapped in plastic.  This kind of thing can really set Ned off on a diatribe. "What's the point? They don't know how to slice bread!?!"

"Hmmm, what else won't I buy today?"

The chicken and the egg. It's all here...

Not so strict with the food market definition, clothing vendors managed to slip in.  Melissa inspects the scarfs.

The homemade pasta was moving fast. This vendor had all kinds of other goodies too.

 After reaching the end of the Raspail market, we were just a few blocks away from the Jardin du Luxembourg.  We strolled over to this beautiful city park, along with half the city.  It was an incredible,  warm day.  Almost too warm for les touristes.

This guy has been at the park a very, very, very long time-- like since 1881.

The lovely lake in the center with mini sailboats crisscrossing.

The Palais du Luxembourg.  We really don't now what's in this building.  But it was surrounded by guards.
 

Somehow, we managed to get ourselves to the Louvre, well the outside of the Louvre.  We were too museum-d out to take this monster on.  But the exterior and the Jardin des Tuileries were lovely.

Quel mignon!

A demain, mes amis.  We are taking a trip out of town for two nights and should be able to update our blog from the B&B.  Can you guess where we're headed (via high speed train)??