{"id":2611,"date":"2019-07-02T08:50:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2019-07-02T08:50:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:50:57","slug":"eastern-europe-day-18-saturday-june-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/?p=2611","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Europe, Day 18 -Saturday, June 1, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris<\/strong><\/p>\n

I awoke after a wonderful night\u2019s sleep. Nick and Jose-Maria had gone out to pick up some\u00a0 things for a picnic lunch. When they returned, Nick was glowing. I have seen that glow in two locales. One was on his friend’s boat the first time we were invited to go sailing. The second is in Paris. Paris is Nick’s favorite city. He glows when we are there,\u00a0 and having friends to be there with is the icing on the cake.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>A palace is a royal residence, and a castle is a fortification. Fontainebleau was originally a castle\u00a0 that dates back to the year 1137. Because it is about thrity-five miles from \"\"<\/a>Paris, the members of the royal family who owned it began to use\u00a0 it as a sort of vacation residence, so it became a palace.\u00a0 Every successive owner added\u00a0 to it in some way. It was saved from destruction during the French revolution because the object of the peasant uprising was Marie Antoinette, and she was at Versailles. Napoleon was\u00a0 crowned at Fontainebleau, and he abdicated there, as well. The building is\u00a0 absolutely exquisite, and retains some of its original furnishings and artwork.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Each room was more amazing than the one before. Several of the Rooms are dedicated to the reign of Napoleon.
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After taking in the incredible beauty of the building, it was time for lunch. Agn\u00e8s pulled out a blanket and we sat on the lawn to enjoy our picnic of\u00a0 rotisserie chicken, cherry tomatoes, bread, cheese, and strawberries, all in the sunshine of the first warm day of spring. Magnifique!
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We enjoyed the ride back to Paris. In the evening we strolled through the neighborhood, reaching a restaurant that features organic food. \u00a0We were seated al fresco,\u00a0 enjoying fish and veggies all\u00a0 while taking in the lovely evening. The four of us shared two desserts, a strawberry cheesecake and an intense chocolate cake.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

10,000 steps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paris I awoke after a wonderful night\u2019s sleep. Nick and Jose-Maria had gone out to pick up some\u00a0 things for a picnic lunch. When they returned, Nick was glowing. I have seen that glow in two locales. One was on his friend’s boat the first time we were invited to go sailing. The second is … Continue reading Eastern Europe, Day 18 -Saturday, June 1, 2019<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[14,15],"class_list":["post-2611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eastern-europe-2019","tag-europe","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2634,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions\/2634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}