Montijny and Fountainbleau

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First few days in France. Montijny, Fountainbleau, and Paris!

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Photos

Mimi's house
This is the house that belonged to Aurelien's great-grandfather. His grandmother, his mother, and he himself grew up in this house. It is now not being used since his grandmother passed away but we were luckily able to use it on this trip.

chateau de fountainbleau
This is the castle of the city of Fountainbleau built in the 15th century. The gardens are vast and beautiful and best of all free!

chateau de fountainbleau
It started to rain just as we were leaving Fountainbleau and just as we drove past the castle we saw the most beautiful rainbow.

on the way to Paris
We almost missed out train and started running towards the train station. We got a lift from local man and as soon as we hopped in the back he said, "you're Brigitte's on right?". He remembered Aurelien from when he was kid and he grew up with his mother. We got to train station just in time. Paris here we come...

Paris
We finally got to Paris and started to walk around until we got stuck in the rain. Here we were with a bunch of other people stuck under a gazebo waiting for the storm to stop.

Sacred heart
Climbing up the stairs to a beautiful old Church you can see all of Paris.

Sacred heart
Just before shabbat we took a walk to this church called Sacred Heart to get the best view of the city of Paris. It was gorgeous!

Louvre
The Louvre at night...magnifique

On the water in Paris
here you can see the Eiffel Tower lit up and city at night.

lunch at the Eiffel tower
We had a picnic of bread, wine, cheese, fresh veggies, and fruit. Yum.

Aurelien and Emelien
We met up with Aurelien's best friend in France, Emelien. We had some drinks and a great time. Here they are on a bridge in Paris.

Hostel in Paris
This is the lobby of the hostel where we stayed in Paris called Woodstock Hostel. I highly recommend it.

Comments

[miry]

I love you!!!!
I can't wait for you to get to TA. See you tomorrow!!!!