Day 11

Last night we went to the Vaux le Vicomte in Maincy, France. It was a tad disappointing because there was a restoration of the center dome going on and there was a big ugly tent on top of the palace so we couldn't walk all the up to the top to get the nice view, but it was still gorgeous! The gardens were by far my favorite part. It was built for King Henry XIV's treasurer, Nicolas Fouquet in the 17th century.  

 This is me with the front facade

It had a spectacular kitchen! All the cooking ware was copper and the counters were open with windows that have a view of the garden in the back of the palace.

There was a cafe out on the grounds of the garden so my friend and I got dessert. This is my view

While we were watching the sunset by the main pond a guy who was not in our group started freaking out because a giant June bug was flying around his head. We all laughed and felt bad for him, but then a few seconds later the June bug was buzzing around my head! There were several groups all around the pond and the darker it got the more the June bugs came out. You could hear the people screaming around the garden and running away from the bugs, it was pretty hystarical. A couple minutes had passed and right as I was taking a picture of the clouds in the pond a June bug landed right on my hand. It was the size of a quarter and it freaked me out so bad I threw my camera on the ground and ran away!  So this picture was taken by one of my friends who, after laughing at me, picked my camera up.

 This is the picture I was trying to take before the June bug attack...

I'm having a great time, still. I can't believe I'm getting school credit for this!