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We will walk for food

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 I started the day walking to the bakery to pick up almond croissants. The round trip was about a half an hour versus the 3-minute walk to our usual spot. It was well worth the walk. We didn't have much planned for today, but it turned into a food centered day. We stopped for lunch on our way to Le Souffle, where we had reservations for a dessert souffle. We stumbled upon a covered passageway and found a great place for lunch. There are several covered passages which house multiple shopping and eating establishments. I think they were originally built to provide covered shopping areas to protect customers from unpleasant weather and walking conditions. This passageway was full of quirky shops. We'll need to go back another day to explore it further.  We had time for a quick stop in the Galerie Lafayette. This is a huge store that has a beautiful stained-glass dome and a separate roof deck with a fabulous view of Paris. I'm sure the shopping is amazing but neither of us is t...

Versailles

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 Our journey today took us to Versailles. The palace is huge and ornate as are the gardens. As you will probably notice from our pictures, our favorite part was the ceilings. It is amazing that people actually lived here. Our least favorite part of the visit was the crowds. There were many large tour groups that we did our best to scurry around. We were not very interested in the paintings, which I'm sure we would have had a better understanding of the palace if we stopped and read about them. To be honest, the portraits and paintings, were not too impressive compared with what we have seen in other museums. The crowds were annoying and definitely took away from the experience. I can't imagine what it's like in the Summer. The gardens were really big and beautiful, but we preferred the Tuileries gardens. The gardens here are beautifully sculpted but there were very few flowers, so the color was limited. It probably didn't help that the day was dizzily and gray. We were ...