There is an old covered market in the Marais called les Enfants Rouges-an old orphanage had children who wore red, thus the name. Not only do they sell vegetables, it is ringed with little restaurants so you can eat there.

Over one of the entrances.

The interior of the market.

A view of one of the places to eat. Tagine meals seemed to be the most popular along with a Japanese place.

I didn’t get this but thought it looked so colorful.

This was in a nearby street. It’s called a Twizy and it’s just a little wider than a motorcycle and has four wheels.

I took a lot of photos on that sunny day in the Marais-it rhymes.

Love this window.

This lady looked so fashionable with her black outfit with accents of orange.

The garden in the Musee Carnavalet-it’s free by the way.

And there’s a victory angel there as well.

Place des Vosges was full of people enjoying the sun. This is one park where people are allowed on the grass.

France has a new president, Hollande, and we went to Bastille to watch the celebration there. It was full of people-most of them young- when we arrived but after thirty minutes or so more and more people poured into the square and we decided to leave. We had a hard time returning to the metro as you can see by the last part of the video.

I got off the metro a few stops from our apartment at St Paul because it was such a pretty day and I wanted to enjoy the sunshine which has been sort of a hit or miss proposition lately in Paris. There are always great things to photograph there.

The Marriage Freres Tea shop as seen from the door. I like the dark wood there and the scent of many teas that waft out the door.

I seem to see a lot of red velvet couches in restaurants and bars. They always catch my eye.

This is a little street, rue de Tresor, used to be pretty empty of people but they added some really nice flower beds and now all of the cafes along the side are full.

A little blurry, but I like the behind of the dog as it entered the building. It seemed so excited to get inside as dogs often are-excited by just about everything.

At least, this is how one particular Frenchman eats them.

France, and in fact, Europe is having day after day of rain making it hard to get any photos although I’m sure some photos with glistening streets reflecting lights and puddles reflecting clouds might be interesting but I have to get out of the apartment first and the sound of rain falling on the tin lining outside our bedroom window always discourages me. I see there is a weather report of partly cloudy tomorrow and I must get out and breath in some fresh air and have a look around, camera in hand. Here are some photos from two weeks ago when the sun last shined all day. (April in Paris.)

The trees at the Palais Royal garden. Look: there are shadows from the sun!

Nothing to do with light but I’m always intrigued with this red velvet couch in a bistro in the Passage Vivienne.

A tea shop in Passage Vivienne with the sun coming in from sky lights up above.

There is all sorts of rod iron in the Palais Royal and most of it has the nice gold spears on top.