Thursday, September 19, 2019

The Palace of Versailles

My French isn't great, but I'm pretty sure Versailles means abhorent, but fascinating, excess...






It's hard to do justice to the sights of palace, the gilt, the artwork, the carvings and tapestries, every wall, chamber, fence is a exquisitely detailed, no expense was spared (some estimate the cost of being over 2 billion US dollars).







I took a 40 minute train out of Paris, and spent the better part of the day walking through the palace, and exploring the even bigger gardens and groves.







A spectacular monument to pride, ego and gluttony. Truly a wonder.

More photos here