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| Garden of Diana, Fontainebleau Chateau |
Our first stop on our journey home was Paris! There is not
often that we will go back to a place because there is always somewhere else to
explore (with the exception of Walt Disney World, we seem to find ourselves
back there often), but Paris has now joined the good-enough-to-come-back-twice
club. Even with it being rainy during the weekend, we enjoyed it.
As we landed early in the morning and with the rain, we
decided to drive out to some of the French Villages so the Lucky Dragon could
sleep for a while and hope that the rain would blow over by the time we
arrived. It was surprising how fast the French countryside appears outside of
Paris. Buildings were quickly replaced with randomly spaced villages tucked
into the rolling green hills of farms. The first place we stopped in was Fontainebleau.
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| It was French Labor day so these were given out everywhere. Lady was given several bunches of them |
Fontainebleau clearly has charm from the time you enter the
city boundaries. On one end are large French country styled mansions complete with their large fences, wisteria
vines and bright shutters. Then there are the cute little row houses with small
shops on the first floor that line the cobblestone streets. Tall manicured
trees line all the of the main roads towards the city center where the
impressively large Fontainebleau Chateau sits. The mansion (castle really) was
home to French Royalty for years and therefore is extravagant, of course! The
massive building is surrounded by hundreds of acres of gardens (not has big as Versailles,
but big enough to have a nice work out exploring them) and expansive green
lawns. We enjoyed a quiet stroll around the area before going to see the city
center. This trip was extended in time because Lucky boy insisted he push the
stroller instead of ride in it and the cobblestone streets were not easy to
navigate for a little guy.
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| Village of Fontainebleau |
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| My two traveling buddies |
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| Chateau Fontainebleau |
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| Helping him go over the cobblestones |
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| He wanted to go swimming! |
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| "Fish and the duck!" |
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| A little bit easier to push folded up... |
In the center of the city there are several little shops
with historic boutique hotels that surround community squares. We stopped at
several bakeries to buy a variety of bread and some amazing macarons. These
were special (yes we have become macaron connoisseurs haha) because they were
bigger and had a thin square piece of chocolate between the two macaron
cookies. Even I liked it and that says a lot about it because I am not usually
keen on chocolate or cookies.
After a ride on the carousel that looked as if it was the
original carousel, we drove to Milly la Foret. That too was cute. There was no
Chateau, but there was a large Medieval cathedral and more of the quaint villages.
People were so friendly. We loved just walking and driving around looking at it
all. Including the large fields of yellow flowers.
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| Milly la Foret |
We ended the day back in Paris eating at some of our
favorite places—haha, yeah we have regular places in Paris! Boeuf Burgeon and
French Onion soup were staples the entire time. I think I could just eat the
soup for every meal.
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| Paris |
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| The view out our window |
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