Next stop was a little further afield in the 6th arrondissement the March\u00e9 Port Royal<\/a>.<\/p>\n We then when over to the first arrondissement to the Marche des Halles which used to be a good market but we found little food and most to he was take-out. \u00a0This area which used to we the belly of Paris is now very tourist inhabited. \u00c2 The cook ware stores still remain to We had plans to shop for dinner at the Marche des Halles but we quickly changed those plans and after a walk around the area to scope out other change we jumped the metro back to the 16th arrondissement. \u00a0We drop off the moulds at the apartment and headed up to Rue Passy tossup for dessert. \u00a0We oped to get to Aux Mervielleux by Fred (see our post that includes this)<\/a> . Start on rue de l\u00e2 Annonciation, a cute and cobbled pedestrian street \u00a0home to Aux Back by the apartment we purchased a fleet of beef from the butcher, Brussel sprouts and potatoes from the vegetable\/fruit store and a baguette from La Pompadour. \u00a0Home for wine and then dinner.<\/p>\n Steps today = 17,232 or 7.8 miles (-837 calories and 7 flights of stairs)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Off to check out additional markets today. We began with the March\u00e9 Saxe-Breteuil\u00a0in the 7th\u00a0arrondissement which is actually on the line between the 7th and 15. \u00a0A very nice market in a very nice residential are of Paris. Next stop … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/frenchbychoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/la-maison-disabelle-courtneytraub-paris-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a>Next stop the 5th arrondissement and the March\u00e9 Maubert <\/a>where we came across La Maison d\u00e2 Isabelle at \u00a047 Boulevard Saint-Germain the \u00a0bakery who is the 2018 <\/span>Croissant au Beurre of the year<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/frenchbychoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3890-150x150.jpeg\")
<\/a> the likes of E.Dehillerin, Mora, La Bovda, Datou, A.Simon, etc. \u00a0While I was not planning to buy I could not help but get some bread moulds for the bread I have been making lately at home.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/frenchbychoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3891-150x150.jpeg\")
<\/a>Merveilleux de Fred. If you’re into meringue, this patissier might just be your idea of heaven: Merveilleux are gigantic meringues layered with cream and chocolate, rolled in white and dark chocolate flakes. \u00a0We chose two mini Merveilleux a Le Merveilleux ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/frenchbychoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3893-1-150x150.jpeg\")
<\/a>for Pat and a Le Magnifique for Mike. \u00a0While walking bake we found a pastry shop the had a mini Tarte Trop\u00e9zienne about the size of a hamburger roll. \u00a0We purchased one of these as well.<\/p>\n