Well anyways. We meet up with Gerry and headed off to Versailles. Wow! This place was huge! Gorgeous! It was King Louis XIII hunting lodge; King Louis XIV changed it into a central government palace. It was soooo big! There were beds and dinning room sets that were still on display, today! Then not too far away, the Queen had her get-a-way to stay away from all the visitors. Boy was this pretty! They still had, ducks, rabbits, swans, horses, cows, and chickens running around. It was a huge garden but was soo pretty! The only downfall to today was the rain. Everything was so muddy and dirty. YuCkK!
The Gold gate to enter the palace in Versailles. Here is where the saying came from something like..."if you don't have bread, come eat cake."
Here was some of the houses for the Queens get-a-way.
We were really this close! I wanted to get down to see if I could pet it! BAD IDEA!I put my foot down towards him: he hissed and opened his mouth. AH!
I freaked out and went back up away from him! haha
After that we had the option of going to the sites we were to visit tomorrow or head back to FIAP (the university that we are staying at). We chose to visit the sites this way tomorrow is a free day! WOO HOO!
Well we went to the Rodin Museum. Here were a bunch of sculptures on display. It was very interesting; again, would have been much more enjoyable if the weather was nicer. There were sculptures outside.
Where Nepolean is burried.Then we were going to go to the place where Nepolean is burried; however, Gerry made a phone call and got us into meeting a sculptur[ist]...is that a word? haha. Well, he's a guy who does sculptures..by hand! He has the block and pounds away. He starts with a tree trunk and just goes to work! It is amazing!! He is 80 years old and is a survivor of the holocaust. His work is truly amazing. All four of us were in awe of seeing him at work.
Here he is...doing his work!
