Next to the train station, a huge supermarket that reminds you of Carrefour, this is a hyper market…read morechain. I love their cheese and terrine selection. Good cheese from local dairies can be found behind the counter. You can also buy dishes and silverware there. It should not come as a surprise that fresh baguette cost $0.65 and it is yummy. With current exchange rate of €1 to $1.09, things feel a bit less expensive than before. Stock up on your brown eggs and milk and butter, exotic fruits and veggies, a leg of lamb and sea snails, or get prepackaged blood sausage and burgundy snails that fit for the king, you can live well and inexpensively in France.

This smaller Printemps is at the local Versailles "mall". The store deserves a 3 star review for…read moreit's smaller selection BUT!!!!!!......they have a Pierre Hermes popup with every flavor of macaron and NO LINE!!!!! I found that most of the sales people do not speak English but that is okay with us. Pierre Hermes!!!!!