Fontainebleau

Yesterday was one of our excursions out of the city into the village of Fontainebleau.  We also toured the château which used to be where kings would go for the hunt.  The steps of the château were where Napoleon I said his farewell before being sent into exile.  The castle was beautiful!  It's hard to imagine that people thought of it as a small country home!
Here are some pictures of the inside of the castle:

After we toured the inside of the castle, we went back into the village to grab some lunch.  I had a croque madame with a green salad.  It was amazing!

Then we went back to the grounds to walk around for a bit before taking the train back into the city.  The grounds were huge and gorgeous.  I just love structured French gardens.  They seem so romantic!

Then we went back to our hostel and had a night out with the whole group.
Today we were all tired so we slept in late and then we went to lunch.  We can't be in our hostel from 12-3 because that's when they clean our rooms up so we walked down to Notre Dame and grabbed a Nutella and banana crêpe.  It was so delicious!
Then we decided to go see a movie since it was starting to rain and it was kind of cold today.  I went with Myles, Randall and Emily to see Paris à minuit which is an American film about Americans visiting Paris.  It was kind of cool to watch it and see all of the places that we are seeing right now.  It was a cool perspective.  Afterwards, we took the metro back to our hostel.  I think that after dinner tonight we are going to get a bottle of wine again and sit by the river and watch the boats go by for a while.