Rue Cler

Rue Cler.

When you walk out of the Hotel Valadon, you turn left and walk about 100 feet, then you turn right and walk about 30 feet and then you are see Rue Cler. It's a wonderful little cobblestone street, traffic free since 1984, although you do have vehicles that go down the street, store owners I guess and that sort of thing, but it is closed to the general public's vehicles.

The street is lined with stores that are frequented by the locals, shopping for food in Paris is generally done daily, as a social aspect and the also the fact that fridges are very small and the French want their produce and baked goods as fresh as possible.

Rue Cler has 2 fromageries (cheese stores) a poisssonnerie (fish store), at least 2 fresh fruit/veggie stores, a boulangerie (where we got the most delectable and chewy baguettes, as well as amazing pastries) a charcuterie (a meat/deli store) a flower stall, a pharmacy, a chocolate store, a spice/jam store and 2 wine stores as well as an assortment of other places. Almost every night after we returned from of day of sight seeing, we would stop at the various stores and buy our meat, cheese, veggies and fruit, a baguette or 2, a bottle of wine or 2, and head into our room and share a marvelous "picnic" dinner. There are a couple of cafes and a nice restaurant or 2 also on the street, and we went and ate at a couple of them now and then, but we founf it much more comfortable and fun, to kick back in our room and enjoy the local fare.