Last week we went to the Chateau de Versailles. The line took about 45 minutes, so my Mom, my brother and I played around for a bit while my Dad and my babysitter waited in line. When we went in, instead of going into the castle, we went into the gardens that were absolutely ENORMOUS, and when I say ENORMOUS, I mean ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS. All over there were statues and nice fountains. There were all kinds of different plants everywhere.
We saw these little karts that you could drive around the gardens, except that there were only 2 left, and not many coming back, and the line had maybe 10 people ahead of us. My parents said that if we got one I could drive it, but unfortunately we never got one.
When we were walking down some nice steps to go into the main part of the garden, my brother fell off the steps and onto the top of the hedge. I don't mean into the hedge, I mean onto the hedge, because instead of falling through the hedge like he normally should have, he stayed on top of the hedge. Then I found out that even I could walk on top of the hedge!
Then we walked through a sort of maze that took us a long way further into the garden, and when we came out of it we kept walking forward we found out that we could take rowboats out on the water. So we bought some sandwiches at a little food stand, rented a boat, and had a picnic on the boat in the water. On the way back, we had some really good ice cream. I got mango.
We saw these little karts that you could drive around the gardens, except that there were only 2 left, and not many coming back, and the line had maybe 10 people ahead of us. My parents said that if we got one I could drive it, but unfortunately we never got one.
When we were walking down some nice steps to go into the main part of the garden, my brother fell off the steps and onto the top of the hedge. I don't mean into the hedge, I mean onto the hedge, because instead of falling through the hedge like he normally should have, he stayed on top of the hedge. Then I found out that even I could walk on top of the hedge!
Then we walked through a sort of maze that took us a long way further into the garden, and when we came out of it we kept walking forward we found out that we could take rowboats out on the water. So we bought some sandwiches at a little food stand, rented a boat, and had a picnic on the boat in the water. On the way back, we had some really good ice cream. I got mango.
Then we went into the castle. We saw a lot of it, but compared to the size of the castle we saw pretty much nothing. The king who built it was Louis XIV. Louis XIV apparently had, if I remember correctly, 11 drawing rooms, which, for those of you who don't know, are rooms for people to stay in while waiting for the king. There were also lots of sun symbols everywhere, probably because Louis XIV was called the Sun King (Le Roi Soleil).
We also saw the king's bedroom and the queen's bedroom. I think the queen's bedroom was a lot nicer than the king's bedroom even though the King's bedroom was a lot bigger, because he really had 6 rooms. Both rooms were off the famous Gallerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors). The Gallerie had hundreds of mirrors. As a matter of fact, the whole room except for the ceiling was mirrors. After that we left and went home.
Overall I think that it was a very good trip except for the fact that I could not drive any of the karts.
We also saw the king's bedroom and the queen's bedroom. I think the queen's bedroom was a lot nicer than the king's bedroom even though the King's bedroom was a lot bigger, because he really had 6 rooms. Both rooms were off the famous Gallerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors). The Gallerie had hundreds of mirrors. As a matter of fact, the whole room except for the ceiling was mirrors. After that we left and went home.
Overall I think that it was a very good trip except for the fact that I could not drive any of the karts.
2 comments:
Cams, Cams, Cams...why am I NOT surprised that yet another one of your blogs has the word "ICECREAM" in it ...hehe... I loved going to the palace, also-I'm sure you were able to enjoy more of the gardens than I did (it was FREEZING-FREEZING to a Wisconsin girl, which you know is FREEZING) when I went in January. Glad you were able to visit with your family, too! I miss your mom and dad's cooking! I call dibbs on the next fondue night ;) When are you and/or your parents coming again to California...I lost where I wrote the dates :) Miss you! Hugs to everyone!
Well Lindsay, if you like fondue so much then you would be happy to know that with my cousins from America we went to a really good fondue place! And I'll send you the dates in an e-mail. Miss you a bunch. Bye.
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