Thursday 4/17
We checked out of our Paris hotel, and spent the day at Versailles - the palace (that is an understatement) of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. Every palace, cathedral and museum has been impressive, but I have yet to see any of them top Versailles. We had a guided tour through the palace, then had lunch and toured the gardens on our own. For our drive back, our tour guide included places we may have missed, as Napolean's Tomb and Chapel, and Des Invalides. We were then dropped off at Bercy station, where we waited for our overnight train to Milan. I warned the students that it is not exactly a luxurious way to travel, but if we are going to "immerse" ourselves in Europe, then we will travel like the Europeans travel! Six people (and luggage!) per small couchette cabin....................enough said, except check out the photos above of them crammed into the cabins! They were troupers though!
Janet
We checked out of our Paris hotel, and spent the day at Versailles - the palace (that is an understatement) of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. Every palace, cathedral and museum has been impressive, but I have yet to see any of them top Versailles. We had a guided tour through the palace, then had lunch and toured the gardens on our own. For our drive back, our tour guide included places we may have missed, as Napolean's Tomb and Chapel, and Des Invalides. We were then dropped off at Bercy station, where we waited for our overnight train to Milan. I warned the students that it is not exactly a luxurious way to travel, but if we are going to "immerse" ourselves in Europe, then we will travel like the Europeans travel! Six people (and luggage!) per small couchette cabin....................enough said, except check out the photos above of them crammed into the cabins! They were troupers though!
Janet
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