Versailles and The Eiffel Tower

Yesterday we decided to go check out Versailles since the weather was so beautiful. It was my first time going there, as far as I can remember. I visited Paris once when I was young, and the only thing I can remember from that trip is the Eiffel Tower.

Versailles is beautiful. The Hall of Battles was closed, but I did get to see half of the Hall of Mirrors. The other half was closed for renovation. The Hall of Mirrors is, of course, where the Treaty of Versailles was signed after World War I. The other thing I found out is that Lakshmi Mittal’s daughter was married for 60 million dollars at Versailles.

The picture above is the empty hallway next to the Hall of Battles. The picture below is outside looking over the gardens.

After Versailles, we took the RER train to the Eiffel Tower. That too is incredibly beautiful. We went to the top of the tower after dusk, and we saw the “super freakout” twice. The super freakout is what Tracey calls the sparkling flash bulbs that go off every night on the hour.