Well, that was a journey and a half! There was a French taxi driver strike, which blocked the roads and turned our 30 minute trip to Paris into something more like 90 minutes. We had our music and electronic devices, though, so we didn't really notice. It did, however, make us alter our plans slightly. We had intended to stroll around the Eiffel Tower after our boat crusie, then take in a leisurely lunch at the beautiful Versailles Gardens. Instead, we did our boat tour, ate our lunch at the Louvre Museum since we couldn't get a park outside the Eiffel Tower due to all the taxis parked there on protest over, well, something, and then raced around the Gardens at Versailles trying to 'collect' interesting features on our digital cameras. When presented with the majesty of the Versailles Estate, one hard-to-impress individual stated that, 'My Dad's mates back garden is bigger than this!' The rest of us thought it was pretty impressive, and though our time there was cut short, it was nice to be able to spend our lunch time with Mr Fletcher and fill him in on our adventures so far.
We are now all thoroughly exhausted, and looking forward to dinner tonight! Hopefully, the traffic won't be so affected by the strike this side of Paris!!!
