{"id":9095,"date":"2016-04-03T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/?p=9095"},"modified":"2016-05-29T01:56:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T05:56:18","slug":"sundays-in-versailles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/2016\/04\/03\/sundays-in-versailles\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundays in Versailles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday afternoons in Versailles have always been one of my fondest moments in France. I spend it in the delightful company of some of the nicest and kindest people I&#8217;ve ever met, in the embrace of a warm sunny afternoon, over tea and the most delicious home cooked meals.<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m in France, I spend most of my time in Versailles in a place that I feel beyond blessed to call home. It feels like a mix between country and Paris&#8211;but more country, living in the suburbs of Paris. As much as I love the city life and its upbeat tempo, I&#8217;ve always known that I&#8217;m <a href=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/2013\/12\/02\/limousin-france\/\" target=\"_blank\">a country girl<\/a> at heart, and <a href=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/2015\/09\/24\/wine-country\/\">a home close to vineyards with farm-to-table meals has always been my end goal<\/a>.\u00a0Right now, however, I do love living in the city as long as I can have at least one day like <em>this<\/em> every week.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9097\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-3.jpg\" alt=\"Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-3-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-3-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9098\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-4.jpg\" alt=\"Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-4\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-4-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-4-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I returned to France\u00a0this year, I couldn&#8217;t explain all the emotions that embraced me when I woke up on a Sunday morning in Versailles. The smell of boeuf bourguignon\u00a0cooking in the kitchen, the sun flooding through the hallway, the neighbors\u00a0outside riding their bikes, and Jacques, in the living room practicing on the clavecin before church.\u00a0They were things I had missed dearly!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9095 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/2014\/12\/02\/happy-month-of-december\/sunday-market-in-bastille-paris-armenyl-com-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sunday-Market-in-Bastille-Paris-Armenyl.com-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sunday Farmer&#039;s Market in Bastille, Paris 2014 photo by Armenyl.com\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sunday-Market-in-Bastille-Paris-Armenyl.com-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sunday-Market-in-Bastille-Paris-Armenyl.com-3-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/2014\/11\/02\/sundays-market\/sundays-market-by-armenyl-com\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sundays-market-by-Armenyl.com_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"strawberries at the farmer&#039;s market\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sundays-market-by-Armenyl.com_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sundays-market-by-Armenyl.com_-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sundays-market-by-Armenyl.com_-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sundays-market-by-Armenyl.com_-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sundays-market-by-Armenyl.com_-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sundays-market-by-Armenyl.com_-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/2014\/12\/02\/happy-month-of-december\/sunday-market-in-bastille-paris-armenyl-com-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sunday-Market-in-Bastille-Paris-Armenyl.com-7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sunday-Market-in-Bastille-Paris-Armenyl.com-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sunday-Market-in-Bastille-Paris-Armenyl.com-7-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If I woke\u00a0up early enough, I&#8217;d try to visit\u00a0the market, but I actually prefer visiting the Sunday Market by Bastille in Paris instead. When I could, I&#8217;d help<a href=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/2014\/11\/11\/in-the-kitchen\/\" target=\"_blank\"> out in the kitchen<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0sneak in a thousand pictures and videos of recipes that I always managed to fail at making when I returned to the states. Although, now you could probably\u00a0call me an expert at\u00a0making chocolate fondant and creme anglaise&#8211;I bought a french recipe book from Fnac last week!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-9095 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/2014\/11\/11\/in-the-kitchen\/in-the-kitchen-photo-by-armenyl-com-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-12-75x75.jpg 75w, 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src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-2-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-2-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-2-2-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-2-2-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-2-2-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-2-2-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-2-2-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/In-the-Kitchen-photo-by-Armenyl.com-2-2-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I mostly adore all the great conversations we have at lunch(a great way to practice french), the classical french meals, and all the joy and laughter we share together as a family!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9096\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-2.jpg\" alt=\"Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-2-768x512.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-5-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sundays-in-Versailles-by-Armenyl.com-5-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>And let&#8217;s not forget\u00a0all\u00a0french tips and habits that bring me one step closer to becoming the ultimate french woman\u00a0I&#8217;ve always known I was meant to become. lol!<\/p>\n<p>Happy Sunday to you all!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How I spend my sundays in Versailles : enjoying the culture, food, and delightful conversations during Sunday brunch in 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