Postcard Exchange

France

Postcard courtesy of Michelle Mock

Along the Seine river, street vendors sell their wares: second-hand books in many different languages, postcards, souvenirs and paintings. At the end of the day, each vendor closes up his stand by closing and padlocking what at night is simply a metal box anchored to the wall.

Caption: Le Bouquinistes (second hand booksellers) and Notre Dame in the distance.