This is my sister's little Parisian version of Sesame Street. They've got the Bakery, the Fish Market, the Butcher, the Cheese Shop, the Grocery, an Organic Grocery all in this one photo, along with their front door.
Before heading out today, our top notch hosts purchased all the necessary ingredients for a fabulous fish dinner upon our return in the evening.
.. And of course, a cheese course.
The we took the commensurate trip to Versailles, the nicest hunting lodge the world has ever seen.
It's shocking to consider how this place came about. I'm sure people like us were never meant to see this place, but here we are. All the thousands of us from around the world every day.
It turns out that there had been a strike for the previous three days, and many of those tours ended up going through with us. It was not pleasant nor was it safe doing the inside tour with all those people.
So, it was nice to get outside, to the gardens.
We took a long walk to Marie Antoinette's famous Halmet, where she would hide from the King's court, and pretend to be down to earth. This was kind of like a full size dollhouse village made for a queen.
Now, this was quite a walk from the chateau, and the park was about to close, so we were thankful to find a building that we recognized from the map, and of course our Architectural History class as well...
We were actually locked in Marie Antoinette's gardens so we were especially happy to find a gate with a guard that could buzz us out. Now we head back through the gardens of Versailles as things start to get exponentially more beautiful.
What an incredible view!
This seemed like an appropriate farewell to La France as we headed back to the train that would take us back to the apartment in order to pack for home.
Au Revoir!
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