May the 21rst, Free day at the markets and some sex!

Another day at the flea markets! St. Ouen is unbelievably large, it actually encompasses about six or more markets, which are somewhat thematic. This came in handy since we could avoid the furniture markets. We did really well for photographs again! We found one booth that was stuffed to the brim with antique photographs, we easily spent a solid hour just looking through boxes. We each found some great tourist shots of Paris, including a beautiful shot of the Palais Garnier. None of my digital photos of the outside of the building turned out that great from that visit, so having the 3x4, black and white one was a nice treat. The girls did really well on autochromes at another booth, each went home with two or three very nice images.

After lunch we made our way back into town towards the Moulin Rouge. Next to it is the Museum of Eroticism, which just seemed like a fun way to spend an afternoon. There was a fairly good cross-section of work from various classical civilizations through to today, and in a variety of mediums. On one of the floors there was an entire wall covered with viewer submitted photos to an adult magazine. If the outfits and poses weren’t entertaining enough, the attempts at hitting the shutting themselves with brooms and fly swatters made them hilarious.

I figure that's about as elicit as my content can be from this visit.

This visit elicited one of my favorite quotes from the entire trip. Amongst myself and my two traveling companions throughout this trip, myself and another were the designated French-speakers. As a result, the third member of the party would frequently turn to us for translation help. At one point during the trip, the phrase “je ne sais quoi” became to mean “how do you say.” So, at a pause in the conversation at the museum, she turns to me and says, “Ashley, je ne sais quoi penis?” It made me glad I wasn’t drinking anything at the time since I would have spat out my drink in laughter at a painting I was looking at. Even now it still makes me smile.

All photographs by A Cook.