So this weekend was a long weekend. We tried to find last minute deals to go out of town, but we coulndn't find any so we stayed in Paris. Luckily, Paris is a city with something to do every weekend.
We went shopping for an outfit for the city hall, but I still can't find anything. I know I'm picky. =P But there was an expensive grocery store at the Galerie Lafayette. You know me and food. It smelled so good with all the yummy fresh food!
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| jar of nutella....it's huge!!! |
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Saturday night we rented a car and drove to Versailles. Versailles is just outside of Paris where the royal family lived during the mid 17th century to the late 18th century. Today it is a museum open to the public. It has a beautiful garden.
On Saturday nights during the summer they run the original water system that powers the many fountains displayed in the gardens. They use the original mechanics to run the fountains...no electricity, just mechanics. And if you saw the size of this thing....its quite impressive!
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| tons of pretty fountains around the gardens |
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| they are all different |
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| this was pretty cool...they set up lasers so that it looks like the sky |
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| pretty |
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| the water danced to music |
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| another shot |
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| they even had fire synchronized to music in the middle of the field...pretty cool |
At 11:05pm, they end the night with a fireworks display. We got lucky.......it was a beautiful night.
On Monday, we went to the fete des tuileries. Its like a little fair by the gardens of the Louvre. It wasn't spectacular but it was nice to see. You can win ipads and mac books playing the carnival games at this fair! lol.
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| trying to win an ipad! haha |
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It was another nice day so we just walked by the gardens a little bit before going to le mariais.
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| Le Louvre's Pyramid |
At Le Mariais we passed by this amazing chocolate store. We saw it last time I was in Paris....the stuff is so pretty! It smelled so strongly of chocolate as soon as you walk in the store. Very pretty. Gaje, you have to go when you're in Paris! Also...look what flavor ice cream I found!!
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| Cassis! |
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| pretty |
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| I want to try all of them!! |
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| Yummy macaroons |
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| pretty violin sculpted out of chocolate! |
