Today we got up and braved the high speed train in the metro system. The one that goes to Versailles. What a beautiful place. It used to be a hunting lodge. The kind that only a king would have, obviously. Louis XIV, to be precise. Then he decided to move to the country and made Versailles his home instead of Paris (the Louvre!).
The little wanna-be Parisian with her pain au chocolat. Yum!
Here is the entrance. Less than half of the palace is visible in this picture.
These statues just fascinated me. The cloth looks like if you were to touch it, it would move.
The famous hall of mirrors. This is where the balls were held. Just imagine all of us tourists in ball gowns and fancy suits. And without the headphones.
And out to the gardens. For as far as your eye can see.
The famous hall of mirrors. This is where the balls were held. Just imagine all of us tourists in ball gowns and fancy suits. And without the headphones.
And out to the gardens. For as far as your eye can see.
We couldn't find any signs to tell us what all these doors are for, but we really want to know. This is another of those places where you really wish they'd let you just roam wherever you wanted to.
It was a bit windy.
Looking back at the palace from the gardens.
And what better to finish a day of walking around palaces than a giant plate of sauerkraut and meat? Ross and Andrew shared this, and there was so much that they couldn't finish it. Or didn't want to, maybe. 5 kinds of sausage, bacon, and a pork knuckle. And a whopping pile of cholesterol.
April 13Today we visited Louis XIV's other palace, the Louvre. This one is pretty incredible too, and they let you into almost all of it, I think. Of course, most of it is renovated too, I believe. The pyramids, for sure, aren't original. But they make for interesting pictures.
Like this one of Andrew and Katie having a snack.
The crowd waiting to get in.
And how funny is it that Ross and I took the same picture, but from opposite sides of the castle?
Here's mine.
And here's Ross', looking back at me, apparently.
The little art connoisseur. 
What in the world are these people looking at?
What in the world are these people looking at?
Oh. The Mona Lisa.I wasn't as impressed by this picture as some of the others in the museum.
Stay tuned. I hope to have the rest of the trip up tomorrow. We didn't take as many pictures in Spain, because we spent so much time relaxing.
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