The Professor has gone overnight to Lyon in southern France to give a lecture. So I am on my own for 1 1/2 days. Since I am here alone, I decided not to wander too far from home.     I went to the open air market that is under the Metro tracks at La Motte Picquet - Grenelle.  Only one Metro stop away.  And I confess that I did use my monthly pass to hop on the Metro on my way home.

It was such a windy and cold day.  The wind periodically would blow extra hard and you could see and hear the canvas from the market stalls billowing.   I didn't buy much.  Some clementines.  

I went into Monoprix and  got some soup and ham and cheese.  I also bought some really expensive peanut butter that was half the price of the Skippy.  It is called Sun-Pat and comes from Leeds in the U.K.  It is a tiny jar that is only 227 grams.  I guess it looks like 8 ounces or a cup but it seems so tiny.  

I brought my purchases back to the apartment and went out again to get some bread.  Just when I headed for home, it began to rain.  I would have been fine if I was not worried about my loaf of uncovered bread.  

It is so strange to be here without the Professor.  Going out and shopping alone, I realized that I was way out of my comfort zone.  We are going to Barcelona on Monday.  I am sure that will feel even more as I am out of place.  We'll be gone for just a few days.  

Up market sweaters

I am sorry.  I cannot tell you what kind of eggs the white ones are sitting next to ordinary 

brown chicken eggs

Nothing but nail polish

Olives

 I admit that I was not even tempted to look at the clothes.  

This stall has all sorts of odds and ends for your house.  You can get a scissors here or a plumber's helper.  I have come to the conclusion that one thing they do not sell in Paris is large or small plastic cups or pitchers.  We are making Crystal Light in a 2 litre soda pop bottle.  And it really does work.

Of course I was too self-conscious to take a picture of the man pouring snails from a large bucket to a small container.  Now of course, I wish that I had.

There are also meat stalls were you can buy food that is already cook.  All you have to do is warm it up when you get home from work.