Versailles and Wandering

It's Sunday and I'm blogging again.

Are you keeping up or am I going too fast for you?

We went to Versailles today and I must say that it would have been worth the extra time if it hadn't been so crowded. We were pushing our way through and feeling trapped a little while we were inside but the sun was  shining outside so we had a great day for the trip.

Here are a few selected photos for your enjoyment!

front

back

back garden with emphasis on the canal that drawls water from the Seine to power the fountains in spring

bit of ceiling

The Queen's stair

Stanley in the window on the way back to Paris. I forgot he had come along.

This shop is known for it's macaroons and man were they good. I can't say that I'll be going back because of how expensive it was but it was worth the one time affair.

So after a quick recuperation at the hotel, I went wandering by myself and ended up in walking around a place that used to be a military hospital. I would have gone inside but when I got to the front gate and they told me that I couldn't go in because they were closing. I took pictures around the outside though and had a long conversation with some random guy about my stay in Paris. I guess he noticed me trying to take artistic looking photos. I amazed myself with my production of French though and he didn't even guess that I was American, he thought I was Spanish.... probably because of my silly rolled r's.

Anyway, here are a few pictures of that

 So after this guy finished talking to me, I was still walking and found a couple photo opportunities

 Then finally, I met up with some of the group for dinner and we went to this really nice restaurant with one of the professors. I got the Fish of the day and this Salmon on vegetables is what I received... I nearly cried over this wonderful fresh grilled fish it was just that good.

Now, I'm blogging and finishing up my day with a swig of wine from the bottle I bought yesterday and some chocolate which I'm letting melt on my tongue just for the hell of it.

Tomorrow morning starts the presentations and the actual work so I probably won't have a lot of pictures to put up like I do today. I'll keep everything up to date though as best as I can. 

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