Continuing our Trip to Versailles France

By Joyce, on October 3rd, 2015
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As we continued on our Full Day Versailles VIP “Behind Locked Doors” Tour offered by City Wonders (who provided us with complementary access to this tour. As always, however, our descriptions and assessments are totally objective.) we left the main Versailles Palace with our great guide Herve, to see what was going on outside. The [Read more …]

Versailles: A Nine-Hour Education on the Public and Private Affairs of Europe’s Largest Palace

By Joyce, on October 1st, 2015
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We visited Versailles eons ago (actually only 35 years ago) on one of our earlier trips to Paris. Although we remember a few of the highlights of this magnificent place (especially the King’s sumptuous public chambers, the Hall of Mirrors and the symmetrically-designed French gardens) we felt it was time for a return visit. And, [Read more …]