At last I know what the Bon Marche is! It is also an experession meaning "a good buy" or "a bargain" but it is in fact the worlds first ever department store. It opened around 1860 and was unique in the world at the time. The first place ever where customers could walk around freely looking at the products. The first place to have sales, offer delivery, accept returned items. Quite an enterprising man who created it. I have forgotten his name......
Anyway, other department stores followed including Harrods in London and Macys and Bloomingdales in New York. BUT this one was the first..... (Now owned by the huge Louis Vuiton corporation)
Anyway, it was our guided tour on Friday and we also visited two churches and the Maillol museum. Next time it's the Louvre.
Watch this space.
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Tour Montparnasse for lunch this weekend then?
J
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