A Grand Palace

Versailles, now that is a palace! The palace in Madrid does not even begin to compare! This palace was so large, lavishly decorated in gold and just so incredibly beautiful!

The front of the Palace

Versailles reminded me a lot of King Ludwig's palace and castles in Germany. Everything was just decorated in gold and absolutley EVERYTHING is decorated, it is so beautiful! It definitely would have been so much fun to have lived during that time and parade through the palace and its grounds in all your grandure!

If I recall correctly...I think this was his chapel...

My favorite room was the Hall of Mirrors. However unfortunatly it was slightly dissapointing because it was half-way under restoration, but the half that was showing was incredible! And then there was the magnificient grounds! The garden was enourmous! Not only could you have easily gotten lost and perhaps never found, but you could spend days there and probably still not see everything! And the grounds were just incredible with their flowers, fountains and statues! Lauren and I took a 2 hour walk through parts of it. The whole place was just so incredible!

The Hall of Mirrors

The Palace from the garden

Picture in the Garden looking back at the Palace

Another picture of the gardens...these were actually Orange trees that they only bring out when the weather is nice...and the rest of the time keep them inside in the nursery (those crazy rich people can do anything)