In France there are specialised shops for almost everything; cheese, wine, meat, fish, bread, cakes, chocolate and the list goes on. In each neighbourhood you can be sure to have the choice of at least 10 boulangerie (bakeries) and a handful of fromagerie (cheese shop), boucherie (butcher), poissonnerie (fish shop). When we moved to the Croix-Rousse, our friend Julie who we're renting our apartment from, took us on a tour of her favourite specialised shops. Now we have our favourite boulangerie etc. Honestly, the choice of boulangerie is ridiculous! There are so many. Today I visited our local cordonnerie which is situated in a lovely old building! A young vibrant man owns the place and he kindly punched a hole in my phone case, for free.
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| cordonneries specialise in shoe repairs |
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| the workshop space with beautiful wooden floors |
I love the idea of specialising and truly dedicating oneself to a craft. A reminder for me that there is no such thing as a master generalist.
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