Day 9 - Au revoir Paris

I really wish I had more time in Paris, because only one day there truly isn’t enough time to explore everywhere. But we got to see the Eiffel Tower again this morning in the sun, and it was a gorgeous day for that! Absolutely perfect weather, I really couldn’t have asked for anything better! We got to go up to the second level of the Tower, which was high enough for me. Seeing the line to go to the very top, I didn’t have enough time to wait. But the sight was more than good enough as I had the view of the entire city of Paris and then some. It was really cool.

After that, I had my first experience of bargaining for goods. I was a lot better than I thought, cause I didn’t think I could do it. But I got what I wanted. It was kind of weird though, cause there were a ton of people trying to sell you stuff all over the place, but you can go up and go for whatever price you want and slowly work out a bargain price. It was weird and I really don’t want to do it again.

So after the Tower, we headed off to Versailles, King Louis XIV (or the Sun King)’s grand palace. It was so beautiful. I honestly couldn’t believe it all. Each room was so extravagant, it was really cool to see, and the gardens were something else all together. Statues lined the hedges, and there were flowers everywhere. It even had a mile long pool. But I guess when you have that much money, there’s not a lot of other things to spend it on.

After that we came back to the hotel to relax for a bit before hitting the city again. We decided to be a little adventurous and take the metro to get to the city. Mom had an interesting time getting through the turning gate and had to have some dashing monsieur save her! Lucky her… But anyway, we headed off to Notre Dame in search for a restaurant along the riverside. We finally settled for one that was across the corner from the Notre Dame and had a pleasant dinner with a couple and their son from our group.

Once again my directional ability was put to the test. And once again I rose to the occasion and headed back the correct way to the metro when others of the group wanted to go a different way. Silly people… well off to London via the Eurostar tomorrow morning. Helloooooo British accents :).