Rob had been here before, but I was excited to see all of the decadent grandeur for myself. :)
Louis XIV liked to call himself the Sun King, and compared himself to Apollo a lot. This fountain shows Apollo rising up on his chariot out of the water.
We were there for the "fountain show" but the crowds were pretty massive by that time of day-- this was still early in the morning. Oh, they also had classical music playing throughout the gardens while we walked around.
This is the front gate to Versailles. This was the line at 9 am. When we got in line for the palace around 11 am, it was 45 minutes long. By the end of the trip, we had been on our feet for 4 hours- Charlotte included. She was a very good girl... and only told me about 20 times "I'm soooo tired."
2 comments:
versailles is amazing! we loved marie a's palace--the pink and black marble checkerboard floors...what a happy trip you lucky lucky world trotting dogs! :)
That is a FABULOUS picture of you and Toby! What a great background. And you look great!
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