Paris, Day 2, Part 1 - Versailles

Our second day in Paris was dedicated to Versailles. It takes about an hour train ride to get there and then a few block walk before you're overwhelmed by the sight of the palace! Oh, and this time our Museum Pass wasn't all powerful, so we still had to wait in line - shucks.

This was my second visit to Versailles, but I think I appreciated the inside of the palace more this time around. We learned a lot of history through our complimentary headsets, which helped bring the ornate rooms to life. The fact that people actually lived here, that they took water away from farmers to fill their massive garden pools and fountains, that there's an entire park on the property with adorable hamlets for the queen to "get away from it all" ... it's really hard to wrap your head around such lavishness. 

 (Big fans of the dioramas we kept finding at all these landmarks in Europe!)

And one more thing about the gardens - my memory forgot just how huge they are! And how long it takes to walk from the palace to Marie Antoinette's Hamlet. It. is. a. trek. And then back to the palace and on to our Metro station. Oy. We were spent. But we did more with our second day then just visit Versailles - more on that in another post! The Palace of Versailles is unlike anything else, and although it eats up a good chunk of a day, it's hard to visit Paris and not pay it a visit at least once.