Monday, October 10, 2005

Nice day

Today was the nicest day we've had since we got here. Sunny and warm. Maybe the last nice day of the season. After Gina's class, we made sandwiches and left for St-Germain-en-Laye. We had lunch on a bench overlooking the surrounding countryside:

View from Petite Terrasse (St-Germain-en-Laye)

Then walked down the long terrace (2.5 km in length)...

Grande Terrasse

For those interested, running up and down the terrace a couple of times makes for a nice jog. On the way back into town, we went through the forest. Gina loves forests.

Forest (St-Germain-en-Laye)

When she was young, there was nothing she liked better than an excuse to walk through the forest. Apparently, there are lots of little snacks to eat. Today, she found some nuts and berries (which she promptly ate). She was looking for mushrooms...

Mushrooms

...but the bastard that I am, I physically prevented her from eating them.

After a quick peek inside the castle...

Inner courtyard of Chateau

...we took the train back into town, stopping at La Defense, the business district on the western edge of the city limits.

Grande Arche de la Defense

La Defense

Looking east from La Defense

Gina at la Defense

2 Comments:

At 7:51 PM, Blogger Christine said...

Hi Nick (this is from me, Isaac),

Wow, those pictures are great. That looks like a wonderful nice day. The sunshine looks really cheerful.

-Isaac

 
At 1:38 PM, Blogger Sal said...

hey, gina's head has exploded in that last photo. that can't be good.

 

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