Second day in France, we stepped out of Paris to see Versailles and then came back to Paris to see it by night.
Versailles is famous for the famous chateau, called the Palace of Versailles. It is an imposing palace with sprawling gardens running all around the palace.
Palace of Versailles
The palace was closed down for renovation, however the gardens were open. And luckily, entry was free again. The gardens were split across – one on the left of the palace, on in front and one on the right.
Amongst the lush green, there was this beautiful flower garden with lots of colorful flowers in it.
Flower garden in Versaille Palace
Lawns on the left of the palace…..
A view of the sprawling garden on the left of the palace
The lawns in front of the palace ….what opulence…..
In front of the palace
Sham and I took considerable time out to kind of chill here, while the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves in the lush green gardens; their parents ofcourse had a tough time!
All smiles!
We headed back to Paris around 6:30ish in the evening; the objective very clear – look for Indian food. It had already been more than 48 hrs since the folks had some desi khana. We headed to Gare du Nord (this is also where the Eurostar train station is). And as we came close to this area, there were significant sights and scenes of indian / south east asian establishments.
Indian / SE Asian restaurants .... finally some familiar food:)
We narrowed down to place called Madras Cafe. Not great, but good enough given the situation. Once dinner, was done, we decided to do Paris by night as this was our last night in Paris and for that matter in France. We drove down Champs Elysees and then headed to Eiffel Tower and were greeted with stunning views of the tower … we stayed at the tower for about an hour till 11 ish; that’s when they also put some special lighting on the tower; its beautiful…
Eiffel By Night
Down the road, Arc De Triumph, also looked majestic …
Arc De Triumph lit up
…and with that, we called it quits for the night and for Paris.
All in all, an amazing experience. Two days, by any stretch of imagination, is too short to even sniff Paris. But, then we had a good detailed trailer, and would definitely like to come back and spend some more time here. Before that, i guess we should put in some effort to learn French also!
Next on agenda – Switzerland!
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