Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Palace of Versailles

Today we left the city of love for a brief hiatus in Versailles.  We had the opportunity to see how the monarchies of the 17 Centuries lived.  If only I could live in the lap of luxury for a fraction of the time they did.  The palace was marvelous with exquisite paintings, carvings, and shiny gold paint everywhere.  The Gardens, once the hunting grounds of Louis VII, now a virtual tourist mecca.  Beautiful grounds, made more so by a wonderfully beautiful French weather.  We had a good time there, but being so far out, pretty much took the whole day. 

Tomorrow we catch the metro, early, for the airport.  Our flight leaves France at 1:40pm, but we get to Atlanta at 5:35pm.  If only it was a four hour flight, if only...

We are sad to leave and redevelop our "old lives."  We've had so much fun, done so many things, and experienced a lifestyle both better and worse than what we are accustom to.  Given the chance, I feel sure we could easily shift our ways to a European style.  But, we are still young, and the chance may still yet present itself to us.  Cest Bon!
The golden gates to the Palace of Versailles!

one of many amazing gardens at Versailles

Proof we were at the gardens of Versailles

we rented a tandem bike, so much fun, I think we will buy one for home


These folks were playing for coins in the metro, quite brilliant

1 comment:

Joshua Lowe said...

Beautiful garden picture. I love the look of formal gardens.