Gardens of Versailles

Our plan yesterday was to wake up early to head out to Versailles, but that didn't quite work out. Instead, we left the hotel around noon in search of lunch and found a pizza place nearby that was delicious.


Marinara pizza at Pizza Sant' Antonio

We got to Versailles around 3 pm, which according to the guy we spoke to at the tourism office was too late to visit the palace. He told us it would take 1 hour to buy tickets and 2 hours to get in. Judging from the lines at the palace, I think he was right.

So we visited the gardens behind the palace instead.


Latone Fountain and Parterre

The gardens are expansive and beautiful, with a lot of groves, fountains, and statues waiting to be seen. We spent 3 hours walking around, but we could have easily been there much longer.

I couldn't help but act the fool in one of the groves, speeding up my usual spinning video until I lost control (at normal speeds, it looks pretty good).



We made the mistake of leaving when the palace closed, so we wound up at the train station with a swarm of other tourists all trying to buy tickets and get out of there. We didn't make it back to the hotel until ~4 hours later.