With every intention of getting up early to get to Versailles, we almost succeeded ... except we were so sleepy! We got going at a decent hour, just the same decent hour as everyone else! The fabulous Paris Metro connects with the RER which takes you directly to Versailles in about 30 minutes.
It was a bit chilly and the lines were quite long to get into the palace for a tour so we made a “game day call” and saw Versailles stables. The kings of France, who made Versailles their home, were not known for the humble-ness of their abode and Versailles’s stables are as spectacular as the palace—for a horse!
We toured the stables and watched the “show ponies” in a training exhibition which Allison and Atchie loved. After the show, we toured the outside of the palace and particularly the immense gardens, which are about3 times the size of Piedmont. We rented a golf cart to see the extent of the grounds and had a blast driving it around. Of course when we tried to go off-roading, the GPS made us lose power and back up! I guess they don’t have 4WD...
We went by Marie Antoinette’s private residence and tried to take in the entirety of Versailles’s gardens. There is a T shaped reflecting pool that is larger than the one near the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial!
After Versailles, the kids relaxed while Allison and I went to the Musee D’Orsay to see some of the most famous Impression period paintings by Van Gough, Monet, Manet, Degas, Pissaro and others. Everywhere you looked there was a painting that you recognized! In the evening, we put our coats on and went to the Eiffel Tower. The line was about an hour, then Jack, Atchie and I went straight to the top while Allison indulged in a chilly wait at the bottom. The view from the top is breathtaking and a little unnerving…an experience not to be missed, unless you have acrophobia!
If you're wondering what it looks like from the top, you'll just have to
go...at night our camera got a good picture of us but not the view!
A Demain!
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