After we had some sufficient rest and a breakfast of French pressed coffee and baguette, we headed out to see the Eiffel Tower and to visit Versailles.
At the tower, a man tried to sell us a miniature Eiffel, and he would not relent. He heckled from 7€ to 3€, and we still walked away without a mini Eiffel and five free even mini-er keychains.
We took a train to Versailles. Each individual car had a theme. Ours had decorative ceilings, and the part below us (it was a double-decker train) looked like it had antique books on the walls. It was lovely getting out of big Paris to the suburbs. The streets and rows of houses were so quaint.
When we got to the Versailles station, we purchased our entrance tickets and went to get food at the Brasserie across the way. We got our French fine dining in, ordering escargots (which were absolutely delicious), duck terrine, steak with onions, and red wine. It was all delicious, and I was kind of freaking out the whole time about the experience. I really love food, and this was actually pretty affordable in comparison to downtown Paris and Reykajvik.
We then made our way up the hill toward the Palace of Versailles. We walked through a corridor of trees with golden leaves, and there, at the end of the walk, was the beautiful palace I've longed to visit since I was a small child looking at my mom's books with pictures of Versailles from her travels at my age.
Gabi and I got a little giddy as we walked across the cobblestone lot up to the ornate walls and never-ending gardens of the palace. The day was pleasant and warm, and we were more than satisfied and exhausted when we ended our tour and hopped back on the train to Paris.
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