Today we had a relaxing day trip out to Versailles Palace, which was constructed by Louis the 14th and was a royal residence up until the French revolution. The gardens behind the palace are beautiful in the summertime. We packed a picnic and had a great lunch right in the gardens.
Afterwards we had fun on one of the small rowboats that are on the garden pond. The girls enjoyed feeding bread to the swans and ducks up close, as well as having a turn at the oars.
From the gardens we toured both the petit palace getaway that was constructed for Marie Antoinette as well as the main chateau; room after room of portraits and high ceilings, including the famous Hall of Mirrors. It is hard to imagine what this monolithic palace was like when it was full of as many as 5,000 royals!
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