Bienvenue au Chateau de Versailles

Paris Day 2

After a rough night of sleep ( I woke up at 11pm 2:30am and 5am) Aaron and I were up for the dat at 7 am and hungry. We decided to go for a walk and stop at a café for breakfast. Guess what, NOTHING is open in Paris at 7am!! The streets were empty. We walked around for a while before we found a crepe stand that was open. So good!

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I’m secretly glad that this was all that was open, nothing beats a ham, cheese and egg crepe for breakfast!


Later that day we went to one of my all time favorite places, Versailles. We went there last year and I fell in love. I could spend hours walking through the main chateau,

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The Hall of Mirrors.  My favorite room in the palace.

 

and then another few hours exploring the gardens and watching the fountains,
 
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Aaron's favorite statute our of the hundreds on the grounds.

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They still use the same technology they used when the place was built to run the fountains, gravity.

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 and then another day altogether wondering around Marie Antoinette’s little Disneyland/garden. It is so beautiful.

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Do you see Marie Antoinette’s initials?

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Tata, Pierre and Gwendolyn were able to spend the afternoon with us.  It was so much fun visiting them!


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She missed her home land so she did what anyone would do, she  had a little village built in her gardens to remind her of home.

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The history of the place fascinates me. This was definitely one of my favorite days on our trip. I hope I will be able to visit again!

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Posted by Rachel at 6/4/2011
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  • 6/4/2011 heather wrote:
    Versailles is one of my favorites too. And I REMEMBER that statue!!! The one with the snake that is like breast feeding on that lady!? Is it supposed to be EVE or Cleopatra? I forget, but it made me do a double take.
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  • 6/7/2011 Karen Peterson wrote:
    I love Versailles. And Marie Antoinette's cottage and grounds. It's so beautiful and peaceful, even when it's full of people.
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