Vacation or Research

07/25/2024

Vacation or Research

Following up from the last posting, when I was in Paris, I visited the Marché d'Aligre market near the Bastille monument in 12th Arrondissement. Adjacent the market is a shop that specializes in the sales of heirloom seeds.

In addition to coffee, fruits, cheeses, vegetables and pastries, the market also had a flea market component. There was also a long table of used books. Ideal for browsing, but I shuddered thinking if I had to pack and unpack those books every weekend.

Destination: Books is planning to be at the Freedom Farmer's Market at the Carter Center in Atlanta on Saturday morning (7/27). This market also has coffee, fruits, cheeses, vegetables, pastries and this week—weather permitting—books.

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Tags: Leveraging my travel into blog postings.

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