It was an interesting day trip out to see the palace where King Louis XIV and XVI and Marie Antoinette lived. In case you have never been there, Chris has a couple 500 pictures he can show you. Having not seen much of the vast gardens on my last visit, I particularly wanted to venture through them this time so we rented a golf cart. Jeremy was especially excited until he found out that they are strict on the driving age of 24 years. I can only imagine how grandeur the gardens are during the summer when the fountains are running, the plants are alive and blooming, and the statuary is uncovered. While we still had plenty to see, the fountains and lakes were frozen, the plants all dead, and all the many gardens and groves were behind locked gates. We made it all the way to the back to see the smaller palaces from the outside. The beautiful weather permitted us to have a nice garden picnic. It was a low-key, relaxing day.
At sunset we climbed (literally, on the stairs) up the Eiffel Tower. We only made it half way up, as the top was closed. It is amazing (and somewhat frightening when you are on it) that it was only meant to be a temporary exhibit 120 years ago when it surpassed the Washington monument as the tallest structure in the world. The lights came on as we were on it, and we went to the nearby Trocadero to watch the tower's hourly sparkling light show. Then we had a nice dinner out.
We have very few pictures to share since we didn't get many with the phone. But we'll let you know when Chris is debuting his slide show ;)
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