One of our days in Paris was spent at The Palace of Versailles. The Palace of Verailles began as a modest hunting lodge. Well, as modest a lodge as one could expect from a French King. Then Louis XIV enlarged and enrobed the old lodge, turning it into the great Chateau we know today. In 1837, Louis-Philippe converted the whole deal to a museum of French History in what may have been the historic starting point for the development of mass tourism. And world war I was ended here with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
The Gardens at Versailles are amazing and the famous hall of mirrors is definitely a majestic room to stand in (my pictures do not do it any justice). It was fun to imagine as walking through the Palace what it would have been like to be a queen living in such a grand place.
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This is one hunting lodge I would like to visit. I would actually go with Sid if I could stay in that place!! I am sure it is even more fantastic in person. What a great trip. thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures with all of us.
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