Fountainebleau

While The Mom was still here at the beginning of August, we took a field trip to Fountainebleau, a chateau outside of Paris with lots of forest/hunting grounds. Here's Brian and his mom with a posing European in the background:
Before visiting the chateau, we enjoyed lunch in their little town center. Michael purchased himself a squeaky new friend:
I actually don't have much to write about the chateau because I just ran through it with Michael while Brian and his mom enjoyed the informative audio guide tour.

Afterwards, we explored the grounds of the chateau and rented a boat on their little pond. You can almost imagine what it would have been like for the royalty to enjoy some tea and then go boating along the little lake.

We decided to employ child labor:

Brian and I argued a lot on this ride. We played musical chairs on the boat because the weight distribution made the boat easier to row. I just thought Brian wasn't that great at rowing. You can imagine how fun that was. But in the end, it was a lot of fun.

Afterwards, The Mom and I enjoyed tea on the veranda while Brian and Michael took a horse ride around the property:
Then, we decided our day wasn't long enough and we went and had Indian food near Gare du Nord at our favorite place.

It was a beautiful day!