Oysters for breakfast at Bastille Market, Paris 巴黎巴士底市集的生蠔早餐

I love markets and what better than a food market on a Sunday morning in Paris! A few years ago, we hopped over to Paris for a long weekend to celebrate my husband’s birthday and went to one of Paris’s largest market.
我非常喜愛逛市集，每到一個地方旅行，必找一個市集逛逛。幾年前，老公生日我們到巴黎渡週末慶生，去了當地一個市集。

On Sunday, we went to Bastille Market, one of the largest market in Paris. The market starts at July Column at the Place de la Bastille, extending for almost one kilometre along the Boulevard Richard Lenoir.
在星期日，我們去了巴黎其中一個最大的市集~巴士底市場。它位於巴士底廣場（Place de la Bastille）有47米高的七月柱旁，一直沿著Richard Lenoir 大道延伸將近一公里。

The July Column was built between 1835 to 1840 to commemorate the French Revolution of 1830. Since King Charles X came to power in 1824, France started a period of economic discontent, suppression of freedom of press, and concentration of power to the crown. The liberals and revolutionaries became increasingly dissatisfied with the monarchy, and on 26th July 1830, the opposition newspaper called for a revolt. The revolution started the next day and lasted for three days, and shortly after led to the abdication of King Charles X. The 47 metre tall July Column was built to commemorate this important period in French history.
七月柱建於1835至1840年，是為了紀念1830年的法國七月革命。法國國王查理十世在1824年登基，之後法國開始進了一段經濟不景氣，壓制言論自由和集權的時期。自由主義派和革命派對君主制越來越不滿，結果在1830年7月26日，反對派的報紙號召起義。革命第二天開始，持續了三天，之後幾天查理十世同意退位。七月柱就是為了紀念法國歷史上這個重要時期而建立的。

Nowadays, every weekend at the foot of the July Column and in the Bastille Square, it is busy packed with people, both locals and tourists visiting the gorgeous Bastille Market. The market has over 150 stalls and sells a wide range of fresh produce from flowers, fruit and veg, to seafood and meat, as well as desserts.
如今，七月柱腳下和巴士底廣場上，每個星期日都有市集，有當地人也有遊客，人來人往非常熱鬧。市集有150多個攤檔，有水果，鮮花和蔬菜，還有海鮮，肉類，及各種甜點。

Walking pass the colourful freshly cut flowers on a Sunday morning is the perfect way to start the beautiful day.
星期日大清早經過這些鮮花檔，這天馬上變得特別美麗。

Our first port of call was to the seafood stalls, as we absolutely love seafood.
喜歡吃海鮮的我們，第一站當然去找海鮮檔。

Within a matter of minutes, we were already tucking into a plate of oysters. Fresh oysters for breakfast, nothing beats that!
不到一會兒，我們已買了一盤新鮮美味的生蠔。我想不到有甚麼比生蠔做早餐更豐富。

Bastille market has had lots of other stalls selling fresh fruit and vegetable, as well as roast chicken.
巴士底市集有很多售賣鮮菜疏果的攤檔，還有燒雞。

The roast chicken was very tempting, but I had my eyes on something else, so to decided to give that a miss.
燒雞很吸引，看到我垂涎三尺，但螞蟻做的我，肚子另有想法。

My focus of course, is on the dessert. No one should ever leave France without having a croissant. It doesn’t matter whether you buy them at a market, in a bakery or supermarket in France, they have never disappointed me.
我講的當然是甜點。到法國不能不吃可頌，無論在市集買，或是麵包店或是超市，法國可頌從沒讓我失望。
And of course crepes to round off the morning.
最後來一份法式薄餅。

This was definitely a Sunday morning well spent at the market.
這個星期日，我過得非常充實飽滿。