Saturday, January 1, 2011

highlights from Paris day 6

Versailles.  Amazing lovely Versailles.  Yet, another gloomy cold day cut into our scheduled day trip and we decided we could also tackle a trip to the top of Notre Dame in the afternoon.  Way too cold to spend all day wandering the amazing gardens are Versailles.

This place was incredibly amazing. Huge. Beautiful.  I want just a room that somewhat resembles this house.  This green one wouldn't be so bad...

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How huge is this house?  Just take a look at this fireplace - those are whole logs in there, taller than me!

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The hall of mirrors where we found another lovely piece of art...

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The entire P-S Family!

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But again, what grabbed my attention was the details - the window latches in particular.

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Way overexposed, but still a great shot.

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The gardens.  You could seriously get lost in there a million times.  This is what Maddie came to Paris for.

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Doing our best to a crepe restaurant - A la Cote Bretonne.

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Found it!  It was such a great place and maybe the most authentic place we ate.  The awesome server who spoke English (without giving us a second glance) made our lunch very enjoyable.  The creepy French man watching Maddie and I take every.single.bite did not.

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On our way back to the apartment we stopped at Notre Dame, stood in line for at least 2 hours so we could take the 400 step climb up a spiral staircase to the top.

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The views were worth the wait.

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Another day done in Paris!

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