The Palace Versailles

Sunday we went to the Palace Versailles.  It is beautiful.  We had to wait in line for about 1 1/2 hours to get into the palace.  There were so many people and they were from all over the world.  We even had someone cut in front of us right as we were going into security.  So I thought i would share some of my pictures and later on share some of T's.

  The lines waiting to get into Versailles.  It went around like a snake.

  The outside is so beautiful.  It is really amazing to see what started out as a hunting cabin was eventually turned into this.

 This is the inside of the church that is part of the palace.

These are two of the halls.  We all decided that it really was a lot like the castle in Munich.  It was said to be like Versailles, but at the time I had not been there.  They really like the Greek gods.  There were statues and paintings everywhere.  It was fun to look and find the different Greek gods.
This hall had lots of chandeliers.  It was beautiful, but when you think about how much money was spent on these palaces and castles while the common person went hungry it is no wonder why they revolted.

The gardens were beautiful.  You could spend days just walking around the gardens.  We did not go in the gardens.  The kids were tired and it would cost another 70 dollars to go in.  We had thought that the gardens were free from what we had read online.

It was a nice day and it is really great to see so much history.  There was a hall with paintings form many battles in French history.  So much to see and learn.  I would love to go again when it is not high season and really get to look and enjoy.

Melanie