Today we spent the entire day at the Palace of Versailles. The weather was fantastic and the palace is beautiful. To go along with this year's theme of fashion and luxury, we received a private tour of Marie Antoinette's chambers. Not only were these rooms private during the days of the French monarchy, they are still private today! We were taken to rooms that no one else was allowed to go in, including bathrooms, sleeping chambers, dining halls, and of course, the Hall of Mirrors. We also were privileged to see the secret passages between the rooms. Our tour guide's career is making period costumes for movies and theatre and he was amazing. The girls were captivated by the stories he told.
After touring the palace, we ventured out into the gardens where we saw the Temple of Love and Marie Antoinette's Hamlet.
We have been taking lots of pictures. It is difficult to format the blog to fit all of the pictures, so here is a link to the online photo album of our trip:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jlnelson1114/FrenchTrip2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCMTytO619MKWPA&feat=directlink
Please post a comment on the blog if you have any trouble viewing the pictures. In the next few days, I will try to add captions to the photos.
Thanks!
Jessica Nelson
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