Kings and capital

This morning, we had a bit of a late start due to our bus driver's 12-hour limit so we finally got going about 10am. We drove straight from Beuzeville to Versailles where we had extended time in the gardens to do some exploring. Most of our group had a 3:10 booking and we finally entered the palace just after that with a local tour guide. We saw the famed Hall of Mirrors, the chapel and the king and queen's bedrooms (separate). Then at 4:30, we got on the bus again to drive back into Paris for dinner at Flam's where they served flammekueche, a traditional Alsatian flatbread pizza of sorts. Not exactly that but it's hard to explain.

After dinner, we climbed the stairs to the top of the Arc de Triomphe at the end of the Champs-Elysées... I lost count after 200 and something. It was quite the hike but the views were amazing, especially since the sun was low in the sky and starting to set. Afterwards, we had more time to shop on the Champs-Elysées before meeting at 9:30pm to head back to the hotel. Upon our arrival, we cleaned out the bus and got our suitcases since we will no longer be with Stéphane, our bus driver for this past week. And so now the groups that we've been with all week go separate ways: one goes home, the other stays but has different plans than us. We have one more full day in Paris so let's get some sleep so we can enjoy it!