Saturday morning and it's back to the food market. Halles du Boulingrin in Reims is a fantastic 1920's Art Deco structure which after being open for many years suffered from the arrival of supermarkets. The building went into disuse, then dereliction, squatters and vandalism. The city authorities wanted to tear it down and build apartments. Fortunately there was a huge backlash and recently a multi-million Euro project saw the total renovation of this unique building. The space has been renovated to allow for vegetables in the morning and concerts in the evening or was it Vodka and Caviar in the morning and culture in the evening. Either way it's good.
Detail of the hyperbolic roof, apparently only 70mm thick.
Always lots to buy for a Saturday night feast. We were amused by a couple of chocolate croissants. Do you bite the head off first, or a leg. Probably the same as you do with jelly babies!
Chocolate Croissant anyone? Or should I correctly say 'Petit Bonhomme?.
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