Approaching the palace.
The front gate.
The chapel.
There were lots of sculptures of royal figures and famous artists down the hallways.
The ceiling in one of the rooms. This painting features Hercules.
One of the bedrooms. You've got to be kidding!
The Hall of Mirrors.
Me listening to the audio-guide. The guy behind me thinks I am a spy and is on to me.
Me trying to make my own ipod style ad featuring the audio-guide. Don't ask how I managed to take this photo.
This organ reminded me of Disney's 'Beauty and The Beast'. I definitely see a face.
After a few hours of walking around the Chateau, I decided to take the train (it was really a car towing compartments like they do at the zoo) on a tour through the gardens.
Looking back at the palace from the Grand Canal.
I really liked this picture. It's very 'The Secret Garden'. Who is she looking at? Is it a monster? Perhaps it's a friendly monster.
Me looking like a dork in front of the huge gardens! 800 hectares!
After a day at Versailles I went to metro Etienne Marcel and met Anja Harrison, a lovely girl who was in my class at primary school. It turns out she was in my class at Kindergarten too!
Anja.
We went to a funky little cafe called 'Le Cafe' which had random items (like ice-skates) stuck to the walls. We shared a carafe of red wine and caught up on ten years of life. She is studying fashion design in Paris at the moment. It was really neat talking about life at primary school and what everybody has done. I hardly remember anyone!
A really great day. Only one more week in Paris to go...I don't want to leave!
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