Today was the big out of town experience, Versailles. We walked to the big station Saint Lazare. On the way there, we stopped at four boulangeries, shopped at two of them. We got some sandwiches, and a kouign amann. We took the train to Versailles, by the time we got off the train, one of the sandwiches was gone.
On our way to the palace, we stopped at another boulangerie, and actually bought a baguette aux graines. I am not sure the French has the same definition of grains as the English... They were mostly seeds.
Versailles is massive! We had the other sandwich then started queuing. By the time we walked around the house, we already did 10,000 steps. There were a lot and a lot of people!
We strolled down to the Trianon area, we were pretty knackered. We finished walking around the Trianon area, had the kouign amann, which is a fat version of, and inferior to, a palmier... By now we have done 20,000 steps! We prepared for a long hike. After seeing a few golf buggies having spare seats on them going back up, I thought, if I were hitchhiking, this is the time. So I stuck my hand out, and an American father and son stopped and offered a lift, we were so grateful. We got to see the bit we won't get to see otherwise, which was a much added bonus.
We were still knackered, we charged up with a coffee, and walked back. We were going to try the other train station, but after some confusion, we walked back to the train station we came in from and went home.
To make the most out of our apartment, we washed all our clothes, so we can come home with clean clothes. We ate in the second time. We got a French ready meal,
Parmentier de Canard, and some mushrooms, which was very fresh.
We topped up the dinner with a Too Good To Go from the posh bakery, a pesto focaccia bread, an olive bread stick and a cruffin.
