Woke up to another beautiful day in Paris. I didn't have time to get my baguette this morning as we were to meet Jim and Darcy at the St. Michel metro station at 9 o'clock and take the train to the Chateau du Versailles. Everything went as planned and we got to Versailles by ten. We bought tickets at the town information center where the clerk told me it would take 4 to 5 hours to tour the estate and I thought to myself, "Yeah, right, like I'm going to do a 5 hour tour". Well, as it turned out we didn't poke around and it took us four and a half hours. Just the walk through the gardens to the Grand Trianon Palace took 30 minutes. The gardens go on for literally miles. It was very impressive, and to think it started as a hunting lodge for King Louis XIII. I can't begin to describe the charm and elegance of Versailles, but it's a must see for anyone going to Paris for the first time.
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| Versailles Palace Gardens |
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| Chateau de Versailles |
We got back to Paris around 4 and had a few drinks at The Mazet, an Irish pub at the end of our street, before they headed back to their hotel. We agreed to meet at 7:30 for dinner at Pizza Chic, a little bistro that supposedly has some of the better pizza in Paris. It was halfway between their place and ours.
Jim and Darcy got there a few minutes before we did and scored a terrific table by the window. It was a small place with maybe 15 tables inside and a few more outside. We ordered a bottle of wine as recommended by a very pleasant waitress and checked out the food menu. The prices seemed a little high, but the menu looked great. We started with carpaccio of beef with artichokes and Parmigiano Reggiano, and a tomato and buffalo mozzarella salad, all to share. Great picks, they could not have been any better, everything was fresh except the 24 month old Parmigiano.
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| Appetizers |
We also ordered two pizzas, one with just tomato and buffalo mozzarella, and the other with tomato, prosciutto, mushrooms, olives, and buffalo mozzarella. We came to find out that the pizza dough was made 5 days ahead of time and was as good if not better than any pizza I ever had. It was so good I forgot to take a picture. After devouring that, we just had to order a dolci and decided on their house made Tiramisu and some kind of ice and cream stirred with limoncello and prosecco. They went perfect together and completed a very pleasant meal. I could not have been more pleased. No Budweiser though. Sigh!
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