So after almost 6 days of driving around France, today we headed north to the fabulous city of Paris! On the drive, we stopped at a medieval monestary founded in 1118. The construction of the church began about 1139 and was conscrecated in 1147 by Pope Eugene III. The landscaping of the grounds were incredible. The buildings included the church, dormatory, and the forge. Every piece of architecture was unadorned but the style of them was very ornate. It was beautiful. The abbey was surrounded by very sureen lands and it appears that the monks who lived there were very self-sufficient in thier survival.
Following our visit to the Abbey we ate lunch in a local pizzeria in a fairly busy small town. Very French, but one of the waiters spoke a little english. Once again everyone working at the restaurant was very friendly. The food was excellent.
After that, we drove to Paris. The drive was so uneventful until we got to the city. Then the traffic became horrible. It made Atlanta's rush hour seem almost easy and enjoyable. We found out later that the traffic was mostly due to the strike that union workers were having all over France so therefore the metro and trains were not running regular schedules today so more people were driving. It was ZOO!! Anyway, we eventually got to where we are staying which is in an apartment with two bedrooms a kitchen, laundry room, and den. Its so great! we even got to cook and eat in tonight. Kelly and Mom went grocery shopping so we had a salad, french fries, and hamburgers. It was delicious!
This is definately the biggest place we stayed at since we got to France, but all the other hotels have been fabulous too! The place we stayed in Arromanches was very quaint. We had one room with three beds and one bathroom. It was absolutely perfect. Then in Amboise we actually stayed at a Best Western. Yes, we know this was not very adventurous of us but it was good nonetheless. Finally, the last two nights we stayed in an old manor house in Beaune. It was complete with a Courtyard in the middle and everything. It was great!
Tomorrow we are going to Versailles. We are all very excited to be here.
Wow, sounds like you are having a great time and learning a lot about France. Sorry about the traffic. That made Atlanta news as well.
ReplyDeleteDavid, I did another post office run but this one did not go very well. Danny made me unstrap all the boxes, go through them and restack because I had 'gotten them out of order'. He kept making comments like "David always has his in order, David never has paperwork on the wrong boxes, David had the straps done properly every time". It was enough to make you sicK!
Cole is loving waterski camp. He has a burnt nose, is really into flipflops now, and knows significantly more about girl bikinis and body parts than he did on Monday.
Very, very hot here. We are hoping for rain this weekend to cool us off. We saw Kirby and he was thrilled to see Cole. When he figured out I wasn't Debbie, he went and climbed up next to Daddy and moped. He is living the life with Mother and Daddy.
Loving the posts, have a lovely time in Paris.