Paris has gone to the birds
When I think of markets in Paris, I generally envision fresh fruits, huge rolls of cheese, pastries still warm to the touch. Maybe a few dead chickens hanging in the butcher’s stand.
Birds usually don’t cross my mind.
However, on my last trip to Paris, my mom and I discovered Marché aux Oiseaux–translated, the bird market. The year-round flower market on Ile de la Cité is transformed into a bird market every Sunday. There are cages filled with beautiful parakeets, canaries and other varieties of brilliantly-hued birds. Stands selling rabbits, hamsters, chinchillas–as well as bird seed, bird cages, bird baths–line the market with Notre Dame towering over in the background.
If you want to check out next time you’re in Paris, it’s the Cité metro stop on Place Louis Lépine. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday morning.
