Due to the exhausting day we had had the day before we decided to have a more quiet relaxing day & take out of the city a bit & visit one of the chateaus. The idea was to spend the day out there looking round the c
hataeu and then relaxing in the gardens. However when we got out to the Chateau we had chosen, Versailles, there were extremely long queues, first to buy your tickets & then to get in. So we decided to try Chateau Fontainebleau. 3hrs later we finally arrived there only to discover that it is closed on Tuesdays!! Fortunately the gardens were still open & we were able to spend the afternoon just relaxing in them.
hataeu and then relaxing in the gardens. However when we got out to the Chateau we had chosen, Versailles, there were extremely long queues, first to buy your tickets & then to get in. So we decided to try Chateau Fontainebleau. 3hrs later we finally arrived there only to discover that it is closed on Tuesdays!! Fortunately the gardens were still open & we were able to spend the afternoon just relaxing in them.We decided to have an early dinner in the town where the Chateau was before heading back to our hotel. This was 5:30pm & after walking around a bit we discovered that restaurants don't open for dinner service until 7pm. So we decided on an Indian restaurant to eat at (mainly because we could understand the menu) & then just sat & waited for them to open. It was a really nice meal, worth waiting for, though ended up costing a little more than expected due to the fact you buy all the components of the meal seperately ie. have to buy rice seperate.
Then it was home to the long awaited bed.
I notice from the website that you could have pre-bought your ticket for the chateau online and avoided the ticket queue.
ReplyDeleteYeah I realised that when I looked up the website too, but Tom hadn't wanted to do any preplanning for the trip so i hadn't looked up any info.
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