Friday 7th October, 2011
We left the hotel at about ¼ past 8 and caught the train to Versailles to see the Palace of Versailles. It was very cold this morning but with a clear blue sky. We arrived there at about 9:15 and with a short trip around the corner from the station we were there. The palace is huge and we only wandered a very small portion of it, the apartments, with the assistance of our audio guide. It is full of large paintings and tapestries throughout, gold gilding everywhere and frescoes on the ceilings. The gardens are also fantastic and very well maintained. It is amazing that all these places we see and have so much acreage around them are in the middle of the cities. Oh, I just read that with this one and probably the others we’ve seen, the town was built around the palace. We didn’t hang around to see the Palaces of Trianon and Marie-Antoinette’s Estate as it didn’t open until 12:00. We grabbed a bite to eat and then jumped back on the train and headed back to Paris.
We once again went down the Champs Elysses, got caught in the rain again but not as bad as yesterday, for some shopping and through the streets of Paris eventually arriving home at about 3:45pm. We took the stuff up to our room and decided to go down for an early dinner so at about 4:00pm we left to go down the road to a restaurant that we’d already tried on our first night. Unfortunately though it was pissing down when we got downstairs, it wasn’t too far so we put the hoods of our jackets on and did a runner. I had a lovely warming French onion soup, not like anything I’ve made before and Kim had a pasta. I followed up with a chocolate mousse and in this instance I’ve probably made better myself and Kim had a Tarte Tatin which she said was really nice.
We leave here tomorrow and head to London. We’re not looking forward to lugging all our stuff around but I guess we’ll manage as we’ve done so far. Wish us luck!!
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| Gates at entrance to Palace of Versailles |
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| Small part of the Palace of Versailles |
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| Small part of the gardens surrounding the Palace of Versailles |
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| Kim in another part of the gardens |
here i am, here i am - havnt forgotten about you lovely ladies. Sounds like you are having a great time (photos are amazing). Keep up the good work with the blog. :)
ReplyDeletep.s lucky i didnt try and fit into that suitcase.
Hey you two...I'm still following you too...I'm completely up to date and enjoying the blogging. Very looking forward to seeing you when you get home. Take care, enjoy London and see you soon x x x x
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