Paris. Last full day. Hallelujah.

Today was actually a pretty good day in Paris world. We got breakfast at the grocery store, headed to the metro, and met up with the Versailles Tour Group. After waiting for a long time we got on a two story train and road about 30 minutes out to the Palace of Versailles. Our tour guide was a little ball of energy and was absolutely hilarious so we got pretty excited real quick. She seriously was singing, dancing, and making inappropriate jokes left and right and I LOVED it. Haha. This part of town was much cleaner than what we were used to, so we were happier.

Versailles was beautiful…a little gaudy for my taste, but pretty incredible to look at and it’s HUGE. You should all go look at the photos I uploaded today and see for yourself. But Versailles is really known for the massive gardens in the back, which our tour guide gave an extensive overview of. Walking through the gardens it felt like a crazy labrynth and I kind of tried to imagine myself as Harry Potter about to win the Goblet of Fire. Yes, I’m a dork. You like it. In all honestly though, learning about the different parts of the garden was very cool, however I don’t understand the excessive need for statues of naked people in awkward positions. I can’t imagine living back in the day and making someone sculpt a statue of someone specific just because I wanted it. Like…what’s the point? Anyways, I don’t get it. The gardens were beautiful and the coolest part was when the fountains turned on and were synchronized to music. It’s funny how so many people are amused by dancing water. After the first “water show” we watched in a small pond thing, everyone clapped for the water afterwards like it was people on a stage dancing. I thought it was weird, but again, that’s just me. Look at our pictures again, you will see what I am talking about. We also had real panini sandwiches and crepes while we were there, which is always exciting. Around 3:45pm, we got back on the train with our tired bodies and head back to our hostel where we have been doing thrilling things like eating subway (sad, I know), looking up information on our other travel plans, and doing laundry. Woo hoo!

The rest of night is going to be relaxing. Probably some card games, some internet surfing, and some sleep. Hopefully lots of sleep. I’ve been feeling kind of sick, but I’m hoping it’s just the dirty French making me feel that way. To be honest, I am very ready to get out of France and am not impressed. But, I always would have wondered what it would have been like, so I’m glad we came.
So over and out for now! Talk to you from Venice!