Day 9 - Versailles

We went to Versailles with Jack and the students.  It started with a 1/2 hour walk from our apartment to Notre Dame.  It was just....fantastic.

The kids were excited because we had to take the RER C line to Versailles.  Grace was insistent that we sat on the top level.

We spent the entire day at Versailles.  The weather was beautiful and Jack planned time to walk around the gardens before a big lunch and then an audiotour inside the palace.  The kids loved the mazes in the garden and tried to make a game of it.  We saw many famous fountains like Neptune.  The gardens are free for anyone to walk around and really a fun place to stroll....not really running because there are many people.  You can rent bikes or row boats.  Jack and the kids took a turn on a row boat.  We meet with the students at Flottille to eat.  It was a planned meal.  We had a salad with goat cheese, salmon and rice and an apple tart.  The kids had chicken nuggets and chose the apple tart over ice cream.  It was very good.  

The visit inside the palace was good.  We had lots of fun thinking about the different things we would do with each room.  We all agreed a trampoline room, basketball court and a ballet barre in the Hall of Mirrors were a must.  Jackson and Grace were both in awe of the bedrooms for the King and Queen.

For dinner we went to Ile St. Louis for banana splits.  When we got back to the apartment we found out that there was a lunar eclipse that night, but the weather was too cloudy to see.  A great day all and all!