Versailles (by Brenda)

Hi all. Part of my duties with this trip is sharing in the blog, so here goes. Yesterday, I recovered from the plane ride, slept well and up early, ready to go. We arrived at Versailles, after a couple of train rides, picked up a Starbucks coffee, (right next to the McDonalds)- cannot get away from them. We wanted to get the most out of it, so we stood in line to rent the head phones, did not have the right ticket when we got to the front, so back for tix, then back into line again. Anyway, we saw lots of queens, bedrooms, anterooms, Louis XIV and XV furniture and silk chairs. Then outside for lunch, on the gravel, all the grass was roped off!! The whole grounds is HUGE, including the Grand Canal, which is impressive, but kind of weedy. The gardens were mostly shaped trees and bushes, in triangles, would be nice to see from the air. On the way out, we checked for a classical music concert, that we thought was beside the fountains, but it never happened. Then off to the Eiffel Tower, to see the lights come on, around 10pm. We thought they would start at the bottom and rise up, but they just slowly became brighter, then a laser show for 5 minutes at 10pm. Really impressive. Lots of vendors in the area, selling trinkets off all kinds and women begging for money, sad! I have already tried 3 different beers and cannot say any of them were bad. CHEERS to all

Versailles (by Brenda)

Paris, France