Anniversary Vacation, March 24, 2016

Today, we were off the Palace of Versailles.

We walked to the local metro station at Saint- Michel Notre Dame. We got on the RER C train then realized there were five different destinations for the C train, so we got off two stations later. We waited for the correct C train to Versailles-Rive Gauche, and got on it. Not the one to Potoise, or Argenteuil, or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, or the one that stops short at Chaville-Vélizy, but Versailles-Rive Gauche. With tickets in hand, that we bought yesterday at the tabac shop, we got in the ticket holder line and almost went right in. The place was huge and beautiful with even more amazing gardens. Being here in March, we didn't get to see them in bloom.


As we left, just like the Louvre the day before, the lines were now huge. Getting to places just as they open is key.

We returned to Paris and had crêpes at Le Sarrasin et Le Froment on the island. They speak English and were very helpful, and the food was great.

After lunch, we were off to the Arc de Triomphe. We took the metro to Charles de Gaulle-Êtoile. We took a few picture when we noticed a car wreck in the middle of the round-about and the chaos it was causing. The Paris traffic is crazy.

We took the metro to Sacré-Coeur. It is a church in the Montmartre area of Paris. It is the old beatnik artist part of town. We found the area littered with sidewalk sellers of all kinds, and several shell games going on, which I had not seen since the 1970's in Times Square. As we walked up the hill to the Church, we saw the youth of the world hanging out while being entertained by a girl singer with amp and guitar player. We toured the Church, which was beautiful inside with stain glass and mosaics.



We walked down the hill through Place du Tertre, the man walking through wall statue, the Radet Windmill, and the Moulin Rouge. Then it was off to the bus stop and back to the apartment.