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Rebecca jumped over a turnstile!
Mar. 23rd, 2008 04:21 pmFunny Chinese Sarah Moment. This afternoon, during our Easter brunch: Marina: "Sarah, how do you celebrate Easter in China?" Sarah: "No."
On Friday night Marlene and Heather invited me to go to the famous Château de Versailles with them the next day. I said yes, so yesterday was a very fun, very exhausting, almost twelve-hour day. We left the lycée at 9:45 am and got back around 9:30 pm. About six hours of it was traveling; we took the train to Paris, and from there took the metro and another train to Versailles. It was a very long and confusing journey, but I did get to jump over a metro turnstile, something I've always wanted to do (Marlene and Heather opted to crawl underneath it).
About an hour and a half of it was waiting in line outside the château. I don't think I've ever waited in such a long line in my life, and the weather was absolutely crazy. First it was sunny and semi-warm, ten minutes later it was cloudy and windy, ten minutes later it was hailing, ten minutes later the sun was out again. (I am not kidding.) Heather was the only one who thought to bring an umbrella, and it wasn't easy for all three of us to huddle under it. About two hours was touring the château, which was fabulous. The Royal Chapel was my favorite room. The painting on the ceiling was amazing, and I'm surprised I don't have a terrible crick in my neck now from staring up at it for so long.
About an hour was wandering around Paris before we caught the last train back to Villers-Cotterêts. We ate at the McDonald's across the street from the Gare du Nord in Paris, and since none of us had eaten since breakfast -- about ten hours before, and all I'd had was a green apple and the last four of my Oreos -- that bacon cheeseburger was probably the best part of the day, even better than Marie Antoinette's bedchamber. By the time we finally got back to the lycée, I'd been walking for so long that it felt like if I never stood up again for the rest of my life, my legs and feet would still be sore.
This morning we all slept in, got up around noon, and had a nice Easter brunch of pancakes, apple sauce, and candy. Joyeuses Pâques à tout le monde!
On Friday night Marlene and Heather invited me to go to the famous Château de Versailles with them the next day. I said yes, so yesterday was a very fun, very exhausting, almost twelve-hour day. We left the lycée at 9:45 am and got back around 9:30 pm. About six hours of it was traveling; we took the train to Paris, and from there took the metro and another train to Versailles. It was a very long and confusing journey, but I did get to jump over a metro turnstile, something I've always wanted to do (Marlene and Heather opted to crawl underneath it).
About an hour and a half of it was waiting in line outside the château. I don't think I've ever waited in such a long line in my life, and the weather was absolutely crazy. First it was sunny and semi-warm, ten minutes later it was cloudy and windy, ten minutes later it was hailing, ten minutes later the sun was out again. (I am not kidding.) Heather was the only one who thought to bring an umbrella, and it wasn't easy for all three of us to huddle under it. About two hours was touring the château, which was fabulous. The Royal Chapel was my favorite room. The painting on the ceiling was amazing, and I'm surprised I don't have a terrible crick in my neck now from staring up at it for so long.
About an hour was wandering around Paris before we caught the last train back to Villers-Cotterêts. We ate at the McDonald's across the street from the Gare du Nord in Paris, and since none of us had eaten since breakfast -- about ten hours before, and all I'd had was a green apple and the last four of my Oreos -- that bacon cheeseburger was probably the best part of the day, even better than Marie Antoinette's bedchamber. By the time we finally got back to the lycée, I'd been walking for so long that it felt like if I never stood up again for the rest of my life, my legs and feet would still be sore.
This morning we all slept in, got up around noon, and had a nice Easter brunch of pancakes, apple sauce, and candy. Joyeuses Pâques à tout le monde!
