After breakfast at a local cafe, we travelled 30 minutes by train for a day trip to Chateau de Versailles. Although the palace may have started as a chateau, it is much, much larger now. The sheer size of Versailles with it’s 2,300 rooms and manicured gardens over 77 hectacres with 55 fountains and pools was amazing.
My favorite sights from our visit were the Hall of Mirrors and some of the incredible water fountains. As with many experiences in life, our pictures cannot capture the size and vastness of the rooms and gardens.
After a day on our feet, we enjoyed a nice, relaxing dinner. We took the opportunity to try escargot (snails) with our meal. The waiter was very helpful in showing us how to eat them. They were chewy and interesting. It was worth the experience but will not be on my desired food menu. The service, meals, and desserts were excellent at Le Terrasse Ecole Militaire.
Our evening ended with another visit to the Eiffel Tower from a different perspective to see the Olympic rings.
Along our walk we stopped at the Flame of Liberty monument at Place Diana. The replica of the flame held by the Statue of Liberty was a gift from the United States to France in gratitude for the renovation completed by two French craft companies upon the 1986 centennial. The tunnel under this intersection is also infamous for the car accident in 1997 that killed Princess Diana.
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