However, an equally impressive private French estate was found that was not affected by the strike --- the 82 acres of Nicolas Fouquet's Vaux Le Vicomte estate. Fouquet never lived on his estate, having run into disasterous difficulties as the Finance Minister for Louis XIV. The castle, fountains and gardens were every bit as impressive as Versailles. See remaing pictures of Vaux le Vicomte.
Return trip to Paris took several hours as a resulted of the strike. Eventually we managed to meet up with Charles and Marie-Paul's daughter Anne Marie for dinner, followed by a spectacular tour of Paris at night, including the Eiffel Tower; Moulin Rouge and other places:
