Versailles Day

Today we spent our time wandering the gardens and the halls of Versailles. Its an easy train ride outside Paris. We kind of skipped the house and went straight out to the gardens. We made it just before they started the weekend fountain presentation, where they turn all of the fountains on for show. We stood there and enjoyed them for awhile, but both of us were kind of bewildered. Then we realized that we were way to American - we were waiting for the music and colors and flashing lights! After we figured that out - and that there weren't going to be any, we were able t relax and just enjoy.We bought tickets for the handy tram and rode on down to Marie Antoinette's hamlet, where she escaped palace life and lived with her friends and her lover. And where she tried to pretend that she was a peasant. Its extremely picturesque.

We eventually wandered our back up to the actual palace. Versailles was built after the Louvre when the king wanted a country home. Ha! We enjoyed the hall of mirrors and wandered through a few on the rooms.


Later we wandered back through Paris and found the bar where they have the only known remaining French Revolution used guillotine. Back at Mike's favorite place - Saint Michel.