I’m accustomed to Summer solstice slipping in somewhat unnoticed. Wouldn’t you know they celebrate it in Paris with city-wide Fete de la Musique – street parties and concerts. Bit o trivia for you: it is the only day that noise laws don’t apply. It is 10:30pm, just beginning to get dark and something tells me that they quite haven’t even began to party yet. Here’s a view of our last night in Paris, taken from our apartment window.
Today we took the RER C train to Versailles. Following Rick Steves instructions precisely, we bought our Le Passporte from the train station – this gave us a VIP pass to Versailles and round trip train tickets. Also following his advice, we took the 8am train out and was at the head of the line to enter the palace. We also got to skip the very long ticket lines. Thank you Rick!!
Our VIP pass also included the audio tour, which is entirely necessary. After touring for about an hour, we were anxious to go outside and enjoy gardens in the great day we were having. At 11am the garden was filled with music and the fountains were flowing.
After wandering through the gardens, we head further out and rented bikes. This was a refreshing change in transportation and gave our aching feet a break.
We had a late lunch in the park.
Today was the warmest day we’ve had in Europe so far. Thankfully the sun has gone down and it is starting to get cooler.
Tomorrow we hope to tour the Montmartre area and the Sacre’ Coeur in the morning. Then we meet Kathy & the kids at the bus station and help them get situated with the apartment. Then we return back to London.
