Day 125 - Versailles, Antoinette, Eiffel and Moulin Rouge!

Like all the others today was a very busy, very exhausting day. It did start with me sleeping in a bit though.
And by sleeping in l mean 9am....

Chad and I were torn about whether or not we should visit Versailles today because we had heard that a lot of the garden is closed off, the fountains are off and several statues are covered so they "don't get frost bite".
In the end we decided to go because we figured not going would be a decision we might regret.

It doesn't take long to see that the palace really is everything you might have imagined. Huge. Covered in gold. Extravagant. Gaudy and over the top in chads opinion.

Room after room of portrait covered walls, beautifully upholstered chairs, marble fireplaces and way to many people.
My favorite rooms where the bed chambers. They are really something to see.

When you leave the palace the next thing to see is the gardens and fountains. Surprisingly still very nice (and very green) even though its off season. We only small a small part because we were on a mission to Marie-Antoinette's estate.

The estate is very modest and comfortable feeling with just small touches and extra detail to keep it feeling royal. Again, the bedchamber was my favorite. This "home" has its own gardens compete with gazebo, orangery, lake and plenty of paths to follow.

By the time we finished that we were both exhausted so we made our long walk back to the train and into Paris again.

We gave ourselves a bit of time to sit around doing nothing, had dinner and then went back out. First stop, EIFFEL TOWER!
I didn't find it to be so unattractive like people say it is. An icon is an icon. An we all know the tower is an icon, likely one of the most recognized symbols out there.

The elevator to the top is a little scary but the view is pretty awesome. They even have a champagne bar up there!
We didn't stay at the top for to long before going back down. Every hour between 8pm and 2am they light up the tower with twinkling lights and I wanted to see it from the bottom. This didn't happen unfortunately, but it was nice anyway.

To end off our night we made a stop to see the Moulin Rouge. We only got to take pictures from the outside though because it costs to go in.
By the time we got back to the hostel it was 1am and time for sleep.

Tomorrow we leave beautiful Paris.
xoxo





Jan 6, 2013