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Versailles

The Sun King's Palace and Sleeping Beauty's Castle

September 7th 2007
Wednesday We took the earliest train out of Heidelberg, which got us into Paris at about 10:30, a little later than I’d wished because of all we wanted to see on this trip. The first thing we did was buy a “Paris Visite” pass at the ticket office in the train station, and while standing at the window, I am pooped on by a pigeon. So really, the first thing I see in Paris is the train stati ... read more
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