Au revoir, Rue Montorgueil!

Our last full day in Paris.  We spent most of the day cleaning, doing laundry, and packing.  But we did walk down the street one last time.  It has been fantastic to live within walking distance of so many restaurants and shops; we will miss the convenience of it when we get back home.

The Marché Montorgueil sign

This is the Palais du Fruit, where I did most of our fruit and veggie shopping.  Some of the freshest produce I've ever had.

La Fermette, the cheese shop down the street where we could buy a plate of assorted cheeses for 6 euros.

Shrimp on sale at the fishmonger called Le Poissonnerie Soguisa.  Whenever I passed by it, I would get that song from the Little Mermaid in my head:  "Le Poisson, le poisson, hee-hee-hee, haw-haw-haw!"

The famous Stoher patisserie.  We stopped in a couple of times but found that we liked the pastries at Maison Collet (the boulangerie nearby) better.

The headquarters of the 2nd Arrondissement's Socialist party.

Some more window shopping.  Clockwise from left: fresh cuts of meat on sale at the boucherie, bottles of wine at the cave au vins, deli items from the Deli Italy, dried pasta from the Deli Italy.

View of the street from one of the other produce vendors.

The Rue Montorgueil is lively day and night.  This is one of the busier corners at night, with Planet Sushi on the left and Cafe du Centre on the right.

And at the very end of the street, down by the Saint Eustache church, is the cafe La Pointe Saint Eustache.

We have been so lucky to live in this fun, vibrant area for a few weeks.  It was a great way to literally get a "taste" of Paris.