The Palace of Versailles

Last night we enjoyed a river cruise on the Seine and dinner on the Champs Élysées. When you're renting your own apartment, you forget how much of a tourist city Paris is. Lots of people on the boat, followed by a bus tour of the 'Lights of Paris' and then a late dinner just across from the Arc de Triomphe. We just made it home before the Metro closes down at 12.30.

This morning we took the RER C line train to the Palace of Versailles, built by the French Kings. The French Revolution put an end to that when they ransacked the Palace and sold off all the furniture. The government is still finding pieces after all these years.

It's been a museum since soon after the Revolution. We've visited the English Palaces and Versailles is similar in scale and grandeur. 

Beautiful grounds also that seem to go on forever.

Tomorrow we head north by train to Amiens for a tour of the WW I battle fields, particularly those where the Anzacs fought. We're really looking forward to seeing how French towns continue to honour the AustralIan soldiers who died to protect their villages and to learn more about our history. 

At the gates of Versailles.

Napolean on his horse. 

They went 'that-a-way' ....

The Gardens at Versailles.