Paris Trip - Day 6: Journey to Versailles

So far we've been lucky with the weather - mostly mid 20s and no rain.  Well, this morning it was raining and we had booked a visit to Versailles.  We took the Metro and then another train (maybe the equivalent of a GO train in the GTA) to get there - about an hour trip.  By the time we got there the rain had stopped and the weather was nice again.  Since we were going to visit a castle, the girls wore pretty dresses for this occasion so we could take some nice pictures.

The castle did not disappoint - it was huge, magnificent, and royally extravagant.  In fact, it exceeded the girls' expectations of how big and spectacular it would be.  They were amazed by the vastness of the palace, the gardens, and all the decor.  M2, in particular wanted to jump on the king's bed, but she had to settle for just a picture of it.  She seemed more excited to get a photo of that than the Mona Lisa.  M2 continues to be the quirky one.

The entire property was about 8 square kilometers, which is twice the size of our Wismer Commons neighbourhood back home.  The "backyard" was huge, with lots of flowers, trees, and statues.  There was even a pond where tourists could go out on a rowboat.  We walked most of the grounds and were very tired.  When we needed to use the bathroom the building we were in happened to just have one bathroom - on the 6th floor, no elevators.  It seemed like everywhere we went we had to walk up many flights or stairs.

We had lunch inside the palace at a restaurant called Angelina's.  This was actually the true French meal - expensive and small portions.  I got a chicken pot pie that was only slightly bigger than an Chinese egg tart.  M1 got mushroom ravioli, M2 got a club sandwich, and M3 got a quiche.  The food did taste really good but the portions were too small.  M2 was complaining when she looked at the menu that there's nothing she liked so she settled for a sandwich.  It turned out to be her favourite meal of the trip!

We took the train back to downtown Paris and had dinner at a restaurant called Crepe Avenue.  We realized we had not had any crepes the whole trip, except for the freebie when we checked in at the hotel and that awful crepe on the boat tour.  Crepes are another one of M2's favourite foods.  We all got a savoury dinner crepe and dessert crepe to share.

After that we went back to the hotel to pack as we would be flying out tomorrow.

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