Today we went to Versailles. Well, we only visited the gardens of Versailles. And it was only for a few hours. But it was still a good experience.
Doug had a meeting at the Stake Center in Versailles, so while he went to a meeting, we went to Versailles. I knew that we only had a couple hours, so I let the boys explore the gardens. I love how the gardens are symmetrical. (I'll get better pictures next time) They're perfect. If I ever had hedges in my yard, I would definitely cut them flat and square shaped. I pointed out how the trees were cut into shapes and they were all layed out in a pattern.
I gave the boys a brief history lesson on King Louis XVI (even though this statue is of Louis XIV) and Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution. Matt said, "If I were the people, instead of cutting his head off, I would make him clean his house all by himself." (we had talked about how many rooms there were in the castle and whether or not the king had to clean his own room). I told Doug Matt's comment and Doug said, "Cleaning your own room is a fate worse than death".
We loved the fountains. They are everywhere. Even in the middle of the mazes.
The boys thought it was cool that there was a swan in this fountain.
Sometimes it's so hard to get a decent picture of all three of them looking in the same direction...
So I had them do silly faces instead. we may follow my friend Ireta's example and do more silly face pictures. They are so much more cooperative.
Do you think this is bigger than Old Faithful?
Timmy was also intrigued by the fountains. Here's one more his height.
Just a little bit closer...
Good thing he's strapped in!
The highlight of our visit was not the beautiful gardens and fountains. It was all these empty snail shells. They even brought some home to show daddy.
Doug had a meeting at the Stake Center in Versailles, so while he went to a meeting, we went to Versailles. I knew that we only had a couple hours, so I let the boys explore the gardens. I love how the gardens are symmetrical. (I'll get better pictures next time) They're perfect. If I ever had hedges in my yard, I would definitely cut them flat and square shaped. I pointed out how the trees were cut into shapes and they were all layed out in a pattern.
I gave the boys a brief history lesson on King Louis XVI (even though this statue is of Louis XIV) and Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution. Matt said, "If I were the people, instead of cutting his head off, I would make him clean his house all by himself." (we had talked about how many rooms there were in the castle and whether or not the king had to clean his own room). I told Doug Matt's comment and Doug said, "Cleaning your own room is a fate worse than death".
We loved the fountains. They are everywhere. Even in the middle of the mazes.
The boys thought it was cool that there was a swan in this fountain.
Sometimes it's so hard to get a decent picture of all three of them looking in the same direction...
So I had them do silly faces instead. we may follow my friend Ireta's example and do more silly face pictures. They are so much more cooperative.
Do you think this is bigger than Old Faithful?
Timmy was also intrigued by the fountains. Here's one more his height.
Just a little bit closer...
Good thing he's strapped in!
The highlight of our visit was not the beautiful gardens and fountains. It was all these empty snail shells. They even brought some home to show daddy.
2 comments:
We went to Europe when I was 14 and the gardens of Versailles was one of my favorite sites on the whole trip. Beautiful!
So were people eating escargot and just throwing their shells on the bushes? How rude!
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