We were up at 5:30 and out the door of our place at Bayeux at 6:20 am.  We are on our way to Versailis which is 3 hours drive.  We are going to the palace of versaillis.  From there we will be driving into Paris and going to the apartment we have rented and then drop off the rental car in Paris. 

That all sounds easy. 

We got into Versaillis at the perfect time.  Bunny had set up a tour so we were able to walk by a huge line and into a waiting area and the tour started 15 mins later. 
It was a tour of the bedrooms of Louis the XIV and Marie Antoinet. 
When that tour was over we then toured other parts of the palace such as the hall of mirrors.  There were TONS of people going thru this place.  At around 1pm we determined we had seen enough and we went looking for a place to eat lunch.  Before we found a place to stop at we were on the freeway to Paris so we figured we would find the apartment and park and then find a place to eat. 
Well driving on the streets of Paris is difficult and exciting athe same time.  There really doesnt seem to be many traffic laws in Paris.  Or at least they are not adhered to or enforced.  We had someone reach out of his car and bang on the side of the car and several motorcyclist cus at us in french. 
We had finally found the street we needed to turn onto .. we got into one of those whirl gigs and i missed it the first time by.  The next time around the policehad coordoned off that road.  So we went to the next street over and the police had cordoned off that one also.  We kept trying to turn towards our apartment and kept finding that the police had closed that road.  We made a big circle and tried to come down to the apartment from the other direction.  We finally found a parking spot which we thoight was close to our apartment.  We got out of the van and then realized that we had parked right in front of the apartment.  There was a little sidewalk cafe right there and we sat down and the kids had hambergurs and we called the apartment owner to come down and lets us in the apartment. 
We settled into the apartment.  What a spectacular view.  We can see the Effiel Tower from the balcony. 

Yes this is the view from our balcony!!!!!

WOW …  Well the van has to be back by 6 pm so we left at 4:40 to get it back … We drove around and around and around looking for the place to drop off the van.  We FINALLY found the sign to the Europcar office.  It was down a back alley and the sign was about 1 1/2 ft sq.  Not only that but the office was located four floors down in a parking structure.  I am very surprised we found it at all.  Bunny and i dropped off the car and we got groceries on our 20 min walk back to the aparyment.  We got back at 7:30.