Last day in Paris.

We woke up in luxury and went to the hotel restaurant for coffee.

Breakfast coffee at Notre Dame hotel

The station we needed for the Chateaux design Versailles was literally right in front of our hotel and we got return tickets. This was my third visit and Roys first but I don't think I'd ever walked in the gardens which we also did this time.

Chapel at Chateaux de Versailles

Mary Antoinette and 2 of her 3 children which all died young

Louis

One of the beautiful ceilings

Hall of mirrors

From the garden

Gardens at Chateaux des Versailles

Pretty building in the gardens

We walked back to the station and Roy got off two stops before me so he could visit the Louvre while I did some grocery shopping,  including some more French red wine for our train trip this evening to Germany, which doesn't have any dining on board. I have now spent the last hour or two back at our hotel updating this blog. It is surprisingly time consuming.

Roy got back from the Louvre and said he was overwhelmed with the art and the amount of it, and could have spent longer there.
We made our way to Gare de Oest where we boarded an overnight train to Hannover. It was great. There were lovely clean sheets and two bottles of water. We had our own little basin with a tap and some sealed cups of water for brushing our teeth. There was a communal toilet and shower. I took the bunk and was in bed by 9.30

Some new observations:

London was a lot more sofisticated than Paris.
Paris Christmas decorations looked like a clumsy last minute attempt, whereas Londons were magnificent.
The grand old buildings in Paris definitely outdo Londons.