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Versailles

1st June 2004

While on a visit to Paris, we decided on a cycle trip to Versaille with <a href="http://www.fattirebiketoursparis.com/">Fat Tire Bike Tours</a>. The cycling was extremely easy, and definitely the best way to see Versailles. Travel from Paris was by RER, from a nice quiet suburban station reached via quiet roads from the tour office.

We managed to pick a very wet day to go, and the entire group repeatedly got soaked, but it was so warm it wasn't really a problem. To add to the memorable quality, the quiet Versailles station we'd arrived at had a power cut when we wanted to go back. Instead we used the much busier main station instead, taking us into Montparnasse. This provided the bonus entertainment of getting the bikes down two floors to road level and rather busier streets back.

Javel station on the best day for a cycle ride 1200x1600 2004-06-01 08:28:36 Buy Print	Pit stop to fix a bike 1600x1200 2004-06-01 10:16:00 Buy Print	Our guide and bicycle-repair man 1200x1600 2004-06-01 10:16:42 Buy Print	In Marie Antoinette's twee village 1600x1200 2004-06-01 10:39:01 Buy Print
More tweeness 1600x1200 2004-06-01 10:39:41 Buy Print	... and yet more rural fantasy 1600x1200 2004-06-01 10:40:02 Buy Print	Nice formal gardens though 1600x1200 2004-06-01 10:44:16 Buy Print	1200x1600 2004-06-01 10:44:31 Buy Print
No estate is complete without a fake ruin 1600x1200 2004-06-01 11:09:15 Buy Print	Trianon 1600x1200 2004-06-01 11:30:09 Buy Print	Rear of the Chateau 1600x1200 2004-06-01 12:27:50 Buy Print	The Grand Canal 1600x1200 2004-06-01 12:27:57 Buy Print
Fancy sentry-huts 1600x1200 2004-06-01 12:32:04 Buy Print	Front of the Chateau - a lot more populous 1600x1200 2004-06-01 12:56:04 Buy Print	Chapel Royal 1600x1200 2004-06-01 13:11:58 Buy Print