Fontainbleu, a continuation of Friday, May 8

It was then back on the bus for a short trip to Fontainbleu, the hunting lodge of the kings, started in 1528.  A gorgeous chateau and forest which covers 61,750 acres.  The table and chairs where Napoleon signed his abdication are here, unchanged from that day.  Unfortunately, pictures didn't turn out as no flash is allowed.  We had some time to kill before the bus left so we wandered around the town and had a kir at Le Mansart, a large cafe, bar.  Upon our return to Paris about 6:30 we caught a metro to St Paul station and went to Chez Julien to make a dinner reservation.  We had to wait until 7:30 so we walked across the street to Le Louis Philippe for a kir.  Sat next to a very youthful Asian couple (speaking unaccented English) in their bridal attire who were traveling throughout the city with a photographer having their honeymoon pictures taken.  For dinner, Leas had asperagus as a started while I had gambas (giant shrimp) that were fried like tempura.  We both had sole meuniere and shared a lemon tart for dessert. Drank a red sancerre and dinner was very good.  Walked home from there- very long day of about 14 hours from when we left to when we returned.