tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post815397519530955302..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: Le Marché aux Puces Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-81514778732673899882015-11-16T20:20:01.414+01:002015-11-16T20:20:01.414+01:00Just arrived back from Paris and was in the street...Just arrived back from Paris and was in the street market observing and watching the world go by....so derful jazzbar near to market.... But conclusion is correct...... A modern day tragedy of poverty and those living on the edge....if u looked in their eyes.....I love Paris.....but ihave never seen so many on the margins in the community.... MccrossanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068510470816233738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-57749283769677422702015-02-06T18:49:21.656+01:002015-02-06T18:49:21.656+01:00Les Puces ont bien changées. J’y allais avec mon ...Les Puces ont bien changées. J’y allais avec mon père dans les années 50s et on y trouvait encore des affaires. Maintenant avec tous les touristes ce n’est plus pareil. Un bon billet sur les dessous des Puces.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-485487442421948482015-02-03T12:41:10.491+01:002015-02-03T12:41:10.491+01:00Barbara: I'm not sure about such training cour...Barbara: I'm not sure about such training courses, but there is certainly advice and help available for the biffins. There is some more information on this page: <a href="http://www.mairie18.paris.fr/mairie18/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?page_id=825" rel="nofollow">http://www.mairie18.paris.fr/mairie18/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?page_id=825</a>Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-39721893025441856492015-02-01T08:11:42.663+01:002015-02-01T08:11:42.663+01:00I have been told that there are training courses a...I have been told that there are training courses available for biffins to become brocanteurs , a step up in the puces hierarchy . Is this true? Barbarahttp://www.stitchingupparis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-38371725896035614982015-01-31T15:16:53.931+01:002015-01-31T15:16:53.931+01:00Les Puces sont un vestige de la "zone" o...Les Puces sont un vestige de la "zone" occupée par une population misérable de chiffonniers qui vivaient de la "biffe", c'est à dire du recyclage des déchets. C'est en partie à cause de cette tradition que les actuels biffins sont tolérés alors que les Puces se sont embourgeoisées. Les descriptions de ces vendeurs de déchets misérables ne datent pas d'hier (http://musardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522592254797036643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-62029723044149815622015-01-31T01:01:15.981+01:002015-01-31T01:01:15.981+01:00An invitation to travel with ones heart open so th...An invitation to travel with ones heart open so that we can really see. Thank you. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14909089805662824210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-86076028956377604542015-01-30T19:24:23.005+01:002015-01-30T19:24:23.005+01:00I appreciate such a humane, kind approach to this ...I appreciate such a humane, kind approach to this subject. We Americans seem to have lost our empathy too often. Maybe it's not just us. But I see such disdainful reviews a lot on places like Yelp and other customer comment web sites. They seem to forget it is human beings they are talking about.<br /><br />If I may, I would make a couple of language-nuance comments. In American English, the Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805115670543125139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-31521872977951148062015-01-30T18:51:39.922+01:002015-01-30T18:51:39.922+01:00Great new angle for experiencing the lives of peop...Great new angle for experiencing the lives of people we'd otherwise not give a thought. Thanks so much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-42774959339513161822015-01-30T18:17:00.054+01:002015-01-30T18:17:00.054+01:00I am impressed with the thoughtfulness of this art...I am impressed with the thoughtfulness of this article. We always need to "see" ,even when we are tourists, the lives and culture around us. thank you for this interesting piece.bonnienoreply@blogger.com