Day 60 - Paris

Slept through our alarm abit and didn´t get up and moving till almost 10:30. When we finally did get moving, we hit a bakery for a ham&cheese sandwich on a baguette as well as a chocolate mini-baguette, then jumped on the Metro and headed for the RER line that goes to Versailles. Luckily we found out that the RER is covered by our Eurail passes so we got the hour ride to Versailles for free.

We got to Versaille around 12:30 and headed straight for the castle. It was only about a five minute walk from the station and when we rounded the corner and faced the castle we were blown away by how huge it was. It was way bigger than the castles we visited in Stuttgart and Vienna.

We walked up to the front entrace of the castle, then roamed around to the back to the gardens. They were incredible. Going straight back from the castle where was a long long major path with huge fountains and a big long rectangular pond further down. Off to either side of the main path there were tons of small paths weaving through hedges and a small forest.

We spent about 2 hours just wandering around the gardens, sat down in a little hidden alcove type thing with a water fountain for awhile and then through King Louis XIV´s private section of the garden. It was pretty insane how huge and well manichured the whole thing was.

From there we went into the castle and took a tour through the royal apartments. They were REALLY nice. Everything was incredible from the frescoes on every single ceiling to the famous paintings and the highly detailed furniture, walls, framets, etc. Definately felt like you would expect a royal palace would. I couldn´t imagine living in there...no t.v. anywhere.

After the tour we went back towards the station, bought a few souvenirs, then took the train back to Paris and went straight back to the hostel to shower and relax for awhile.

At 6:30ish we went back to the same old Chineese place for one last meal then went to Gabrielle and Laticia´s place. We stayed there for about 2 and a half hours playing cards and me and each each burnt the pics from our digital camera. Back to the hostel afterwards, movie, then bed.