Day 4 - Blogabond

Got up early to make the trip to Versailles. We got on a train that was not very crowded. After a couple of stops, we heard an announcement in French and noticed there was no longer anyone else on our train. We were soon in a train yard and headed to the Train Wash! When the conductor (Michelle) found us she let Mark up front to copilot the train!
After she led us through the train yard and set us on our way to the Metro we were headed to Versailles again. This palace is one BFH (Big F’n House). Room for a King and 20,000 or so of his closest friends. Mark took about a billion pictures. The grounds were spectacular! If we go again we will get a cart and go on Saturday or Sunday when the fountains are on for an hour (that’s a lot of fountains when you can only run for an hour or two per week).
After lunch in Versailles we went to Invalides where Mark had a great time at the Army museum – Lot’s of armor, 16-17th century guns and swords, and even a few tanks – way cool for a 9 yr old and fun for the rest of us. From there on to Napoleon’s tomb, also pretty cool. Next we headed to Arc de Triomphe with plans to climb to the top and see the city and 8 lanes of traffic going in a roundabout. Well all the hot shots of Paris were there and they closed down the stairs so we took off down the Champs-Elysees. Talk about beautiful people and conspicuous consumption! We did snap a picture of the sidewalk café attached to a McDonalds. Seems like a great day, but we saved the best for last – tonight was the music festival in France and every Frenchie and all the brave tourists were in the streets. There were literally bands on every street corner and lot’s of the national drink consumed. It was the biggest party we have ever seen! We tried to head in about 11:00 but we couldn’t keep Mark from hanging out the window trying to join the party, so what the hell we went back out!

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pscossette on June 21, 2007 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: The Cossette Family Sabbatical

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