One of Mae’s requests on our trip to France was to spend a day at Versailles. It was the Royal palace for the French Monarchy for many generations with the most notable being Marie Antoinette. The palace was amazing with its many different exquisitely decorated rooms. We first toured the inside of the Versailles palace then walked the huge gardens along with labyrinths created from the very tall bushes. At the far back of the hundreds of acres was the recreational summer cottage. This building was still fit for a king. It was an adventure for the start of the day. We had to take the outer Paris railway system to get to Versailles. It would be like taking the VIA rail to get to Camrose from Edmonton. Once we got to the Versailles train station we had to walk up to the palace which looked massive from a distance. All the trim on the palace sparkled from the gold. As you may know, Marie Antoinette spared no expense or taxpayer’s money to look good and be comfortable. It was a very long day walking the palace and gardens in 30oC heat. Air conditioning seems to be a big deal over here. We have had many hot and muggy days and the day we went to Versailles was one of them. The kids were so tired that they fell asleep on the train ride back into town. Taryn was really sleeping because when we reached our station and we woke her up she was totally out of it.
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