Author: Joanna and Piotr

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France day 4: Loire Valley

Day trip with ☞ France Tourisme (6 hours of driving to/from the Valley and 6 hours of visiting the castles): Paris/Louvre ➜ ☞ Château de Chenonceau ➜ ☞ Château de Cheverny ➜ ☞ Château de Chambord ➜ Paris/Louvre. I wanted to visit Amboise and Leonardo da Vinci, but no other people signed-up and the agency offered alternative tour with Cheverny instead. Overestimated distances in Paris, walked over to the pick-up place way too early and had plenty of time for early morning photos. I had the front seat in the minibus, nice weather and good views.

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France day 3: Versailles

The day was all about ☞ Versaillles. Took M4 to Gare Montparnasse and local, but fast non-stop train. No railroad strike that day.

I was very lucky as my friend works at Versailles and gave me a private tour. We started at the Royal Chapel, visited the upstairs quarters, joined tourist stream to visit main atractions, returned to the Chapel. I then made a big loop zig-zagging through the park and gardens, watching fountain show, walking to Orangerie at the end. We walked through town a bit, found a nice restaurant for dinner, and returned by RERC and bus to the city center. I walked by Notre Dame, Hotel de Ville and Pompidou Center to my place.

Bassin du Miroir Versailles
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France day 2: Paris

Walking loop to Louvre and beyond, fighting off jetlag and stoping at an agency to arrange Loire Valley tour.

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France day 1: Paris

Return to Paris: Chicago ORD ➜ Paris CDG ➜ RER B to Les Halles ➜ Arts et Métiers airbnb@Rue au Maire ➜ walk around neigborhood and to Notre Dame and Pont  Neuf. Travel was easy. No waiting, no crowds anywhere: two hours from Hyde Park to gate at ORD, two hours from arrival at CDG to my airbnb@Rue au Maire. Grocery shopping at supermarche. Longer coffe break. Here is the rest of the afternoon…not much to add.

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