July 18, 2009 -Paris

Vaux le Vicomte at Night

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Woke up and after getting ready I went with Allie, Julia, and Amanda to the Catacombs. It was a good thing we got there early, the line got quite long as we waited for it to open. The Catacombs were created when they ran out of room in the cemeteries. So they took all the bones and stacked them up in different designs deep down in the ground. It was interesting to see but it was kind of a creepy place. Then I went to Les Invalides. This is where Napoleon was buried. His coffin is huge and is made out of marble. Then we made our way back to the hotel to meet up with the big group. We got on a bus and made our way to Fontainebleau. This is another palace that was used when the king was hunting. Here we used little information headsets as we went through the different rooms. It was really interesting to hear all the different details of each room. Then we went to a grocery store to get things for a picnic dinner once we made it to Vaux le Vicomte. Once we got there we set up our picnic in a little camp ground area. It almost felt like home and felt great to get out of the city for a little while. Then we went over to Vaux le Vicomte. It was supposed to be a candlelit tour but it starting raining. It was still beautiful though. It would be fun to live there.

Me in the Catacombs

Vaux le Vicomte


A room in Fountainebleau

Flowers at Les Invalides

Napoleon's Coffin

Me at Foutainebleau