We are moving into the tourist portion of our trip. A couple of Barb’s teammates planned to go to Versailles in Wednesday. Barb had a late night being out with her team after the competition, Rob had a late night waiting for Barb. This meant that they were still asleep when I decided to go meet the group going to Versailles. At least they were until I flushed the toilet on my way out.
I told the first group we would meet up with them at the palace while Barb and Rob rushed through their morning routines. We hit Versailles, saw the lines for the palace and rapidly changed plans. Gardens first, then palace. Barb and Rob tried to get a museum pass at the Grand Trianon entrance, but they were only available at the main entrance, so they got timed tickets for the palace. When it came time to go through the palace we kind of sort of tagged along with a tour group through the initial security check. There was a quarter mile long line for general admission, but the timed tickets had no waiting. The guard told me to wait in the long line, but let Barb and Rib through, then took pity on me when he saw we were together.
The palace is really cool, but it is incredibly crowded. The tour groups move at their speed and woe be the person who gets in their way. They elbow, shove, push, and step wherever they want. The more popular rooms are wall to walk people. The gardens, however, are FABULOUS! They are still crowded, but also huge! The fountains are incredible, even if they are not running. Go see the gardens, skip the palace. Seriously.
Today was the Cluny, Pantheon, St Etienne’s, a failed attempt at watching some teammates compete in sparing, then.a sunset stroll along the Seine. Barb and I climbed the Pantheon tower. Highly recommended!
We have been doing 15-35k steps a day. There is no problem sleeping at night.
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