Paris: Volume II, Montfort-l'Amaury

Our first weekend in Paris, our pack of musicians climbed aboard a bus and headed outside of Paris to the charming village of Montfort-l'Amaury. There we climbed the hill to a charming castle and view and I have pictures to prove it.

We most definitely climbed on the ruins:

And it was definitely worth the climb:

Then we spent a good chunk of time listening to Nicole's reasons that the castle was not from the time period that our program director told us it was.  (Nicole then later confirmed that her own reasoning was, in fact, correct.)  But we also gallivanted around the outer castle wall and took cheesy pictures:

Then we wandered around the town and Nicole and I found this fantastic automobile that might have come home with us if it would have fit in our luggage or if it weren't for the grand theft auto thing...

She would have made a great model on the Price Is Right, wouldn't she?  Do you want the fabulous red motorcar or would you like to see what is behind door #2?

Then we went to Ravel's house where we got our own private tours.  Ravel was extremely short, as you can tell from the bed:

He had a ton of children's toys, dress prints from the 19th century, a cool piano, and loverly gardens:

And suddenly I wanted a little house in the French countryside.

But this was before we visited Versailles and Marie Antoinette's village... stay tuned!