Wow, wow, wow .... the opulence of the Palace of Versailles is hard to believe. It is not hard to understand why the starving peasants revolted and started the French Revolution. The kids apparently already know a bit about Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution from one of their favourite movies, Mr Peabody and Sherman, so they were very interested to see Marie Antoinette's palace for themselves.
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| The Golden Gates of the Palace of Versailles |
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| Ceiling in the Hall of Mirrors |
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| Hall of Mirrors |
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| Hall of Mirrors |
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| Hall of Mirrors |
The girls were very intrigued with the story of Marie Antoinette and her beheading and were fascinated to see her bedroom and from where she had to escape from the revolutionaries during the French Revolution.
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| Marie Antoinette and two of her kids |
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| Marie Antoinette's bedroom |
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| Marie Antoinette's bedroom |
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| The door from which Marie Antoinette escaped from the revolutionaries |
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| Painting of the coronation of Napoleon and Josephine |
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| The kids found it all a bit much after a while! |
The gardens of the Palace are spectacular and huge. It is so large that there are golf buggys for hire so that you can get from one end to the other.
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| Extremely neat and straight hedges at the Palace |
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| Driving the buggy around the Palace gardens |
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