Paris Days 3 & 4

Hall of Mirrors.

On Sunday we spent our day at Versailles. It took a few hours to make it all the way through the palace, especially with the audio guide. There were so many things to look at all around the building: elaborately painted ceilings, velvet walls, printed wallpaper and fabrics, vases and sculptures all around, and even paintings lining the walls. It was beautiful and even though I've been there before I took tons of photographs. We went out to the gardens and ate lunch at a little cafe off the path. Then we headed over to Marie-Antoinette's area but it was closed by the time we got there so we couldn't look around.

Fondue.

After Versailles we took the train back into Paris but it took a long time so by the time we got off we were starving. We decided to go see Notre Dame and take pictures and then grab something to eat in the Latin Quarter while we were over there anyways. We found a tiny fondue restaurant and ate dinner there before going across the street for crepes. I had a three cheese fondue with meat, potatoes, and bread. Across the street I had a crepe with strawberry and banana gelato inside with dark chocolate drizzled across it. By the time we got back to the room it was pretty late so we called it a night.



Trying Macaroons.

Sacre-Coeur.

On Monday we started off the day at the Musee de l'orangerie. We got to see the water lilies by Claude Monet as well as the Jean Walter & Paul Guillaume collection. After the museum we headed off for a small cheese tasting filled by getting macaroons! Then off to see the Palais Royal and ending up at the Moulin Rouge, just to take pictures of course, though I do want to see a show there at some point. We walked up to see the Sacre-Coeur church and get one of the best views of Paris. While we were up there we went in to the Dali museum and got to see some of his famous works of art such as Mae West's red lips couch. To finish our evening we went up to the top of the Arc de Triomphe. It was fantastic! Definitely one of the better views of the city, especially at night when everything is lit up. It was a wonderful way to end our evening and our last night in the city.