I did NOT want to leave this audit without a chance to see the Fontainebleau castle about 15 miles north of the plant. Our french colleagues highly reccomended the town which is a very popular holiday destination for parisians. It's set in a huge forest area and in the old days all the french kings would come to Fontainebleau to hang and also to hunt in the forest. Hence the castle is one of the few in france that has a unique history of housing many kings throughout history.
The day was hot as hell. It was actually pleasant the 2 weeks prior but now it's about 98 with 90% humidity! I miss the dry air of phx! I was trying to explain to Bea that it can be 112 in phx and still feel nicer than 95 here! People who have not been to AZ find it hard to believe that 100 in phx is actually very nice.
Anyway, we took a break from writing the report and spent a few hours here. Definitely much more lively than the village of Nemours! Took an audio tour of the castle, the place is huge. Reminds me of versailles, very opulent. It was cool to see the bedroom of marie antoinette and the office of napoleon. They say napoleon was a workaholic and spent about 20 hours of the day working. The gardens around the castle was extensive but we did not have time to see it. There's even a small lake where you can rent rowboats.
We had a nice dinner in town. I made fun of Michael who was eating his hamburger and fries with a knife and fork - so german! Again, they didn't want anything to do with my snails.
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