Today we woke up and found a lovely little pastry shop where we grabbed some yummy things for breakfast and then we walked to the palace of Versailles where the french court used to live. The palace was beautiful! I think we will need to re-watch Marie Antionette that recently came out to see if they did the sets just like the palace.
After the palace we went on a walk through the beautiful gardens. The fountains were not working while we were there, but the flowers and the grounds were very beautiful and we enjoyed them just the same.
We then walked to Domaine Marie Antionette. We hadn't realized how out-right wierd their little world was. So Marie Antionette has this entire little village built called the Hamlet, and everything was maintained for her there, but she could still 'tend to the sheet' (which people kept not only clean but perfumed for her), or go and cut some flowers (in the perfectly weeded and maintained flower beds). It was like her own personal fantasy world, very strange, and it's where she spent alot of her time.
We walked back to our hotel and put our feet up for a while before heading into Paris for the evening. We took a lot of pictures of the eifel tower, had dinner at a lovely little outdoor cafe and people-watched, and then took some more pictures of the eifel tower. We took the train back to Versailles and crashed. A side note on our hotel in Versailles - it is actually the old stable for the palace, they converted the upstairs old servants quarters into hotel rooms! It was pretty neat!
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