Paris Day 3

We slept until 10!  I guess it was the combo of jet-lag and the light-blocking curtains...

We headed to our fave pastry shop for some "breakfast" of chocolate croissants and coffee.  We sat outside the shop and ate our breakfast street-side.  It was fabulous.    

I got yelled at (in French) by one of the pastry shop workers for taking this shot.  I wish I would have sneaked it better, because this pastry shop was just a thing of beauty!  I would have loved to get more pics of all of the goodies.  Jeremy said, "babe, it's time to put the camera away".  They take their food seriously in Paris!  

We decided to take the 30 minute train ride outside of town to the "suburbs" to see where the kings and queens lived so many years ago in Versaille.  Jeremy figured out the RER train, which is the train to the 'burbs.

Walking up the street, this was our first glimpse of Versailles:

It was huge and quite breathtaking. 

I think Jeremy may have learned a thing or two during my photo tour the day before.  He took this while waiting for me as I stood in a bathroom line for 30 minutes:

This was taken behind the mansion.  We went to the gardens first, not really knowing where to start.  The fountains, gardens, statues, & lake were all just so beautiful. 

 This makes the White House look tiny:  

Even the tree bark was pretty.  

 Rowboats

I loved these docks & the people relaxing on a beautiful fall day

 The true definition of "lucky ducks":

The swans were actually quite entertaining:

 A lot of the property is open to the locals to bike around, play and relax in the grassy areas.  There were a lot of families with young kids riding their bikes, playing soccer, & having picnics by the lake of Versailles.  

From the lake, we took the long walk to Marie Antoinette's home (only because we couldn't figure out how the little train ran back and forth!!)  It was such a beautiful day for a walk, looking back, I'm glad we walked.  This place is so huge, it was crazy how much we walked that day.  

Once again, we really didn't know where to go or where to start, so we kind of just followed the group of people.  This was part of the entry into the home:

Marie Antoinette:

Her rose garden:

The outside of the mansion (very small compared to the main buildings):

After we left here, we decided to walk back to the main building to do an audio tour of the place.  This was the room of mirrors:

The king's bedroom: 

I liked this sign on our walk back to the train station:

   Once at the train station, it was major chaos with everyone trying to get back to the center of the city.  Pair that with train tickets that wouldn't work, it wasn't a pretty sight.  Eventually a RER worker just opened the gate and we got on board. We were so exhausted on the way back I don't think we said two words to each other!  We got back to the hotel and CRASHED.  

This vacation stuff is hard work.