All this and they didn't bathe regularly?

I spent Wednesday, October 13th in Versailles.

Fortunately, no one in France stamped my Eurail pass so I paid for six days and was about to take my seventh. I would explain how this works, but it basically means I went to Versailles for free. Cool.

When I arrived in Versailles, or rather a train station about a twenty minute walk away I expected a golden brick road to lead me up to the gates. Instead there were several cafes and stores and an outdoor market. I felt like saying: Yo, where's the king at? I asked and got pointed in the right direction. Oh yeah, there's the huge gold gate and palace.

Versailles cannot be explained in words. After you purchase a ticket that includes all the palace grounds and an audio guide for 18 euro, I headed in. I will say, Versailles is freaking cool. You walk through all their bedrooms and rooms for parties and greeting the king. The ceilings are all painted with Gods and Goddesses, because apparently the Kings and Queens of France viewed themselves in such a way. Also, everything is painted in shiny, shiny gold. It's actually quite obscene.

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King Louis's bed... sweet.

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Hall of Mirrors... very famous apparently?

After this, I walked through the royal gardens. I don't know if they are actually royal, but I am assuming so. Literally, I think it looked exactly like this three hundred years ago, or at least I hope so. Its beautifully maintained and it is HUGE. You can walk down through the garden and it takes like 30 minutes or so to reach Trianon, Marie Antoinette's palace. It's a lovely walk, if you are wearing sneakers. I was in flat and I almost died on some of the cobblestone streets.


Gardens. Very sun out.


Sweet statue. Would like it in my back yard.

Trianon was basically a gift to Marie Antionette to have something to decorate because the rest of Versailles was already finished. She needed a project. Oh the life. So she went around decorating this place and its slightly more modern. The curtains are gorgeous and the outside is all pink marble. Hello, so jealous. But this leads me to the point of... all this and they didn't bathe regularly?



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