Journal no. 3

last night i went to bed at 7pm and woke up at 3am today, thinking about places i want to visit.
one of them was Paris. i want to go there again. 
anyway, this is the continuation of the travel log for the 2012 trip to France.

on 14 June 2012, we went to the Palace of Versailles.

 reached the palace late, at about 11am - the queues to enter snaked up and down the parade ground.
we stood in line eating our breakfast of bread and strawberries.
 statue of King Louis XIV.
 part of the Grille d'Honneur.
 awnings on the Chateau
 reception area, i think.
 nice wallpaper
 tiny bed.
 gold o'clock.
we had to rush through the chateau and missed seeing a lot of it, including the galerie des Glaces, because i made Marie-Antoinette's hamlet a priority.
nice.
 birdy and fauns. near the Parterres d'Eau
 vast. towards the Orangerie side, i think
 Bassin de Latone and beyond
 partial view of la Colonnade
 the Grand Canal, with swans, ducks and rowing boats for rent.
we saw tourists who sat backwards and rowed into the parked boats, unable to understand what the people on shore were trying to tell them.
 uncle, cousin, aunty. we had ice cream and enjoyed the show.
 after a long walk through the gardens, we reached the Grand Trianon.
it's marble, built in 1687.
 a hall of paintings.
 gorgeous interior
got this from a vendor who had a big portable oven roasting potatoes. big portion of baked potatoes with cheese, dried ham, and general awesomeness.
intensely fragrant roses in the English Gardens of the Domaine de Marie-Antoinette. /swoons
in the temple de l’Amour
one of the buildings in the Hamlet
 cute.
 the Petit Trianon
 interior of a music room with a piano and harp

Versailles closed at 6.30pm and we had to leave. i'll be back someday!
we were all tired but had to make good use of the Paris Museum Pass, so we went to the Musee d'Orsay which closed on 9.45pm that day.
this museum used to be a train station.
it was great to see the glorious collections of art.