Wednesday morning we enjoyed the hotel breakfast like every morning – crepes and croissants!
We then met Isabelle to drive out to Versailles for the day. We got there a little early so toured the local markets for a bit…
We then went over to the chateau to wait for our tour time. While we were waiting, an alarm inside the building went off and within a new minutes, the entire chateau had to be evacuated. Not good! Hundreds of people filing out of the building! They said they would “hope” to have it reopened in 1 to 2 hours. Womp womp. Thankfully, we had Isabelle! Because of her we still ended up having the very best day and getting to see it all! We hopped back in the van and she took us around the explore the gardens…and they were spectacular!
This pic! By Maxwell! Amazing!
After walking all around the gardens, the Chateau still wasn’t back open so we went over the tour the “back house” that was built for the King’s mistress and later where Marie Antoinette lived. It was beautiful! Again, photos by Maxwell!
When we finished there we were running out of time but, hooray! The chateau re-opened! We quickly grabbed some lunch at the Angelina cafe – which looked like a sandwich for some and an eclair for others…
and headed to the chateau. There was an enormous line of visitors waiting to get back in but, because we were part of a “group” tour with Isabelle, we got to skip that whole line. And because we got to get right on in, we got to explore the chateau with very few others inside. Isabelle said it’s never that empty when she takes people through. Things all worked out just fine!
The hall of mirrors!
Notice the emergency vehicle still parked outside!
A fantastic day all around and a bucket list experience for me! We headed back to Paris around 2:00 and still had the afternoon to explore! More to come!
Terrific pictures of a terrific day!
We have been there, too. It is spectacular and to think it was several centuries before. Another Palace that is along the same line is Peterhoff in Russia. Both ended in rebellion!