Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Chateau de Versailles

Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)


One of the many fountains in the gardens of the Chateau de Versailles
There is bird perched at the top of the statue.

Imagine the scene from the Lion King where Mufasa explains to Simba how far his land extends too. Same view here. The gardens cover almost 2,000 acres!!!

Marie Antoinette's garden

Katie and I spent the whole day in Versailles with Julien. It was a gorgeous day. We walked through the palace at first and then walked for hours in the gardens. You can't beat a sunny day when walking into the hall of mirrors and seeing all the light reflecting on all the mirrors and chandeliers. I loved strolling the gardens and the special treat was Marie Antoinette's gardens. There was this awesome little village inside the gardens of Versailles. There was livestock all over the place, rabbits, peacocks, bulls, sheep and etc...
So much history there and today we continue history and get to go see where King Louis XVI got his head chopped of in Paris! Vive la revolution francaise!

Today we go to Paris just Katie and I! The parents are watching Parker again!

3 comments:

  1. Versailles has a fairy tale feeling about it. I'm glad you had a beautiful sunny day to enjoy the gardens. So many views are almost magical.
    Enjoy!!!

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  2. Oh, que magnifique! It's so beautiful - I wish I were there too! I'm so glad you guys get some time together - sounds like you're having so much fun and still have so much more to come! I'm glad you're both feeling better and able to get out and enjoy everything.

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  3. so many animals...was it a 2-way petting zoo?

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