The original flea market

We spent the morning in the Marche aux Puces St-Ouen de Clignancourt, Paris's most famous flea market. It's here that the term 'flea market' was born, as people would climb the city walls and the shoppers looked like a swarm of fleas. With over 2000 stalls you can find anything from antique fireplace mantels to wine decanters to military jackets - stall after stall after stall. We were in search of some port glasses with character. One place tried to sell us an entire set of drinkware for €450 - not happening today. We found a cute older lady's stall and she offered us six etched glasses for €24. Glasses in hand we spent an hour more exploring the vast market before heading to the Marais for lunch.