A walk around the pond with Jay-Z

Today we leave for London! We had a great time in Paris, but we are looking forward to the Uk for a change in language, for our french vocab was not up to the standard it should be. When we last wrote, we were on our way to the Eiffel Tower with cheap French wine and desserts. The desserts were incredible, despite being jostled in the box en route to our destination. We did what we do best, eat and people watch.

We left soon after it turned to twilight because of the big day ahead (And because of Sarah wearing more wine than she actually drank). 

We woke up early on Tuesday to head to the train to Versailles. We just so happened to go on the day of musical gardens. We felt like royalty as we trounced around the gardens listening to classical French music.

The Gardens were much more vast that we had expected. Every tree and shrub was perfectly groomed (although we did notice a few stray twigs.. Someone must be slacking!), the pond was huge (we'll get to that in a second), and the ridiculous amount of acreage that kept on going like the energizer bunny (you can imagine the conversation King Louis had with his gardener.. "My, your highness, what shall we do with all this space?" He replies, "Aye, throw in another grove and perhaps another dome.. and put up another statue of a long lost relative.")

Despite the prior and frequent warnings that our gal pal Tess told us about walking around the seemingly petit pond, we decided: challenge accepted. To make the time go by faster we decided to test drive Jay-Z's new album (as we were out of earshot of the musical gardens.. We should have known then just how far we'd have to trek). About half way around the first side, we realized just how far it really was, but we knew we had already committed. We made it to the opposite side with just enough energy for a jumping photo, with the castle appearing as a small green pea on the horizon. We made our way back, chowed down on a pizza, which was enough to top up the tanks to finish off the rest of the gardens. Needless to say, we had a long nap when we got home after enduring the hottest and muggiest train ride in Paris yet. 

To finish off the great day, we played a good ole' match of quiddler with our Australian roommates. 

Our last full day in Paris, we decided to hit up an underground mall, and do things the Paris way..shop! We visited Lover's bridge in the heart of paris, although we quickly realized that there are at least three. There are so many locks on the sides that it is literally falling apart in places. We contemplated leaving a lock of our own, but we know that a lock on lover's bridge is not strong enough for a love such as ours (That.. and we couldn't find 5 euros to purchase a lock).

Today we leave Paris, but before we headed for our Chunnel, we walked to the Moulin Rouge for a photo op.

We are just about to board and leave the land of wine and baguette for the land of bangers and mash.. and an odd pint or two.

Thanks Paris, it's been a slice.. of quiche!

London, show us whatchu got!