(weather: -1° to 3° C with snow)
We went to Versaille, former home of Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, and others. It was snowy, so we didn't do much roaming of the grounds, but it was quite beautiful. The palace is enormous and the grounds (when it isn't a frozen tundra outside) are very enjoyable to walk through.
We were watching the weather very carefully while we were in Paris because Europe was getting a lot of snow and many airports were canceling flights. We did manage to make it up to Glasgow from Paris and only a couple of hours late! Even though half of the flights from Charles De Gaulle were cancelled and the terminal next to ours was evacuated because they were worried the roof was going to collapse from all of the snow!
Dave is cold |
Tabitha is cold, and next to a golden gate |
Dave is slightly less cold |
Louis' Cathedral |
Every room is ridiculous |
See? |
Uh-huh |
The famous Hall of Mirrors |
The queen's bedroom, used for public births (no need for birth certificates from Hawaii) |
A hall filled with famous French battles |
George Washington! |
Rene |
The beautiful grounds covered in...snow |
The beautiful fountains covered in...snow |
and more...snow! |
The Rue Mouffetard market has fruit... |
more fruit... |
fish... |
ducks and chickens... |
and flowers. |
Fun and beautiful pictures! It was good you guys got out when you did. Since it was so cold in Paris were any restaurants serving Tartiflette (a cheesey-potato-bacon) dish?
ReplyDeleteWe did not see any Tartiflette, but your description makes me wish that we did...
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