It was another day bright and early, at 7:30 for breakfast. We had to take the metro to a more suburban style train (think Chicago style trains out to the suburbs). We assumed that all the trains went to the same place and hopped on board. When we overheard another American ask a worker at the train station if that was the train when we proceeded to jump off the train, some of us quicker than others. In an attempt to get off the train before the door closed, Kelley proceeded to get stuck between the handrail pole and the door, causing the door to jam and the worker to have to help Kelley get out. Versailles was just a short walk from the train station. We had to wait in line for a good while to get the tickets but it was well worth the wait. We explored the castle in which every room basically was decorated in different themes, with colorful wallpaper in each room. After we made our way through the palace, we explored the gardens, which were amazing and breath taking in 2 ways, exhausting to walk and beautiful. There were several fountains depicting various Greek gods, lots of naked people (statues fortunately). The gardens were so much better than the the palace because we were free to roam and able to escape the crowds and explore the large grounds by ourselves, where in the palace where we had to push and shove to get to the various rooms. The gardens were also very peaceful. We took time out to sit by Apollo's fountain and enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere. It was a little bit of a trek to try and see Neptune's fountain. It was somewhat roped off and we had to possibly sneak into an area we weren't supposed to be in to take pictures. It appeared as if the area was closed off for big night water show and had huge stands. As we were leaving Versailles, it started to rain. Fortunately, we had planned ahead and brought our umbrellas. However, nothing is never that easy and Kendra's umbrella broke, forcing Kelley and Kendra to share an umbrella. We also caught a human statue, posing as an Egyptian statue, no robot wars but still fun. On our way back from Versailles, we stopped and saw the Arc de Triomphe and walked the Champs Elysee. There we grabbed some dinner, sandwiches again and we each got a French pastry. I got a lemon tart while Kelley and Kendra got chocolate croissants. Overall today, Kelley joined the Kendra and Paige club of clumsiness and tripped over random things. Then, when we were hanging out in the hostel Kelley's itouch decided that it didn't want to work properly. Most of the applications were functioning incorrectly. Then, Kelley realized that she had misplaced her passport in the hostel, but quickly found it. Needless to say, it is going to be glued to her body from now on after that scare.
Tomorrow: London!!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Kelley's day of reckoning
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