I know that our initial itinerary said we’d be in London today but we decided to forego that for a trip to the Château de Versailles, and I’m glad we did!! The four of us headed out on the metro towards the southwest most point of the line to catch up with the train. Unluckily for us, the train to Versailles was not operating today… Determined to get there, we walked the streets near the station looking for a taxi large enough to lug our American butts to the château. We finally found a very nice gentleman, driving a hybrid taxi no less, who agreed to take us out of the city.
While walking up to the chateau’s entrance I saw a very unique motorcycle called a Triton, a mix between a Triumph (engine) and a Norton (frame). It wasn’t really interesting to anyone else but I enjoyed the look of the bike and asked the owner if I could snap a few photos (see album). Afterwards, we moved quickly through the ticket line straight into the museum. There was a ton of beautiful artwork and architecture inside sprinkled with a few very odd, very modern, VERY out of place pieces. A modern artist’s work was on exhibition which included a statue of Michael Jackson with Bubbles and huge balloon animals… like I said…very out of place.
Finally making it outside, the part I was looking forward to, we jumped on the tram that took us to the outer parts of the gardens. Our first stop was near some picturesque pathways lined with beautiful trees, we took the opportunity to capture some Canon moments ;-) It was here where we also enjoyed some freshly squeezed OJ made from Versailles oranges… delicious.
The next tram stop put us near Marie-Antoinette’s summer cottages… besides the Abbey at Chaalis, this was my next most favorite place we have visited so far. I put my camera through an intensive work out taking nearly 550 photos of the flowers, animals, people, cottages, etc…For your benefit I only uploaded our favorite pictures. The final tram stop put us near the grand canal where we had a quick bit to eat before jumping on some bikes to take a ride around the grounds. We finished the day off with some gelato (ice cream) and headed back to the city.
While walking up to the chateau’s entrance I saw a very unique motorcycle called a Triton, a mix between a Triumph (engine) and a Norton (frame). It wasn’t really interesting to anyone else but I enjoyed the look of the bike and asked the owner if I could snap a few photos (see album). Afterwards, we moved quickly through the ticket line straight into the museum. There was a ton of beautiful artwork and architecture inside sprinkled with a few very odd, very modern, VERY out of place pieces. A modern artist’s work was on exhibition which included a statue of Michael Jackson with Bubbles and huge balloon animals… like I said…very out of place.
Finally making it outside, the part I was looking forward to, we jumped on the tram that took us to the outer parts of the gardens. Our first stop was near some picturesque pathways lined with beautiful trees, we took the opportunity to capture some Canon moments ;-) It was here where we also enjoyed some freshly squeezed OJ made from Versailles oranges… delicious.
The next tram stop put us near Marie-Antoinette’s summer cottages… besides the Abbey at Chaalis, this was my next most favorite place we have visited so far. I put my camera through an intensive work out taking nearly 550 photos of the flowers, animals, people, cottages, etc…For your benefit I only uploaded our favorite pictures. The final tram stop put us near the grand canal where we had a quick bit to eat before jumping on some bikes to take a ride around the grounds. We finished the day off with some gelato (ice cream) and headed back to the city.
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