Paris Days 2 and 3

It's been (yet another) two fun-filled days. Yesterday we visited Saint Chapelle. It was this cool old church with lots of stained glass windows. Next, we visited the conciergie, which has probably been my favourite museum in Paris so far. It was an old prison that was the 'last stop' for prisoners about to be executed. It was the prison that Marie- Antoinette spent her last 76ish days! We got to see her prison cell, as well as a bunch of others. After that, we went over to Notre Dame. We went inside the church, but decided to not go up the tower because the line was loooooooong. It looped around the church and down the block and was moving VERY slowly. Unfortunately, our magical museum pass didn't allow us to skip the queue on this one. So we headed to a park near by and ate our lunch while listening to some music being played. Finally, we went down to the crypt which contained the remains of the city that stood before Paris.

Today, we took a day trip out to Versailles. It was absolutely stunning! A massive castle that French royalty (such as Marie-Antoinette) used to live in. We got to walk through all the living quarters and see lots of statues and paintings. One great part was the 'Hall of Mirrors' which was this large room with mirrors on all the walls. These mirrors made the room look even larger. The chandeliers that hung from the wall reflected of the mirrored walls as well. We then rented bikes and pedalled over to the Marie-Antoinette estate. This consisted of little houses that she had built in order to walk around and act as a peasant. The houses were made of marble and there was a lovely lake filled with fish and ducks. Not really peasant life but it was very very beautiful!

Tomorrow is Bastille Day (French National Day and my favourite holiday) here so we are gonna look up some celebrations and hopefully find something that we can participate in!