Versailles

Christine and I spent Sunday afternoon at Versailles. We decided to skip the crowds of the palace and instead went straight to the gardens. Some day we'll go to the palace, hopefully on a weekday. (By the way, the fountains, which Rick Steves called a "spectacle", were underwhelming.)

The gardens are nice but they were blairing classical music. Strange and annoying. We found the public park on the other side to be much more appealing.

We rented a rowboat and paddled around The Grand Canal. Before we left Paris we bought some bread, cheese, and cherry tomatoes from an great huge market near the apartment. We enjoyed a nice little picnic on the water while we took turns rowing around. After we got off the water, we rented cruiser bikes and rode around the park. It was great. Christine hadn't been on a bike outside in a really long time. Riding around the park beats the he'll out of doing PT inside on a stationary trainer.

After dinner we had beers, mussels and frites at Au Trappiste with Livia. We ate "light" then went to Le Sarrasin et le Froment Creperie for crêpes. Then Christine and Livia had gelato and I later stopped for another crêpe. Yeah, we pigged out. :) I'm going to have to do some serious road miles this week.