Sunday, June 10, 2012

VERSAILLES PHOTOS

My sister, Leslie, asked me yesterday what were the highlights and lowlights of the trip for me.

5 Highlights:
1. Roland Garros
2. Flight to and from USA
3. Rome: our hotel, the long bus and metro trips between it and the city center
4. Seeing Roger in Florence
5. Venice: our hotel and the city

5 Lowlights:
1. Versailles: the entrance line, the music/water show, that we didn't see the Grand Trianon
2. The overnight train from Venice to Paris
3. The mistakes I made between Fondamenta Nove and the hotel in Venice
4. Perceived French snootiness
5. Lunch and dinner on the day we visited the Vatican

Here are some photos from Versailles.

Approaching the palace

The chapel

Looking onto the gardens

Roi du Soleil - Louis XIV

I was faskinated by the window and door hardware

Le grand bassin and le grand canal at Versailles

Hall of Mirrors
Professor Rusnock entranced by Versailles


Because I like those statues with different kinds of stone and marble

Andrea in front of a painting by Elizabeth Viget Le Brun at the Little Trianon

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