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Versailles is beautiful and well worth seeing but I thought Fountainbleau
was more elegant. It is a matter of taste. Perhaps I liked the decor of
Fountainbleau, and it was annoying that Versailles had so many guided tours
from various countries. It was crowded, and an argument developed between
a German guide at Versailles speaking German loudly to her group. It
overrode our guide explaining the various rooms. She asked the German
guide if she could lower her voice to which she replied nein. Giverny is
a must see. We went into a large well known book store before we left for
Paris and bought a book which opened up into a pop-up book of each
section of Giverny, and it did make it easy to get around once we got
there. We took a tour bus which is readily available near the Tuilleres
Gardens that has lunch at a beautiful barn converted into a restaurant and
had a delicious lunch with with wine before arriving at Giverny. I found
the kitchen of Monet's home fascinating, as he liked Japanese art. I will
never forget my visits to these places. By all means, go. Elaine
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