Now, there's lots to report from the recent trip to France with my daughter.
This had been delayed since 2020, when a far eastern lab accident got a little out of hand (ahem) and meant, amongst other things, that she had to end her student placement early...leaving much of her wardrobe in her French apartment at the time.
Now you're probably thinking...I mean it was a pandemic...how much wardrobe did she actually have out there that she had to leave when she was told to come home by the university? I would answer only by stating that two large empty travel bags were taken out with us.
Navy SeALs never leave a man behind; daughters never leave their highly fashionable and thereby obscenely expensive French Fashion wardrobe behind either...we went out there... to bring the guys home.
Soooo, there may also have been a trip to Versailles and Les Invalides (next post) as part of Operation Rat-on-a-Stick (of which more later).
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At the entrance to beautiful Versailles - truly impressive, and a genuine French treasure |
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The well appointed and superbly preserved chapel |
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The originl paintings are superb, with fine detail and the ability to et close enough to actually see the brushstrokes |
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Louis XIV and little brother |
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The finery and artistry in the apartments knows very little equal - granted some of it has been re-furbished - but a lot of material is original |
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The fantastic hall of mirrors - anyone forced to walk up this to see Louis XIV, would have been a little intimidated...that was the idea of course. |
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A famous painting related to a certain Empereur |
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His Marshals in evidence |
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All French Marshals (including Berwick) are remembered |
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The Hall of Battles - with massive original paintings of French victories - including Fontenoy |
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The level of detail absolutely stunning |
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Berwick |
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The famous Marshal Turenne |
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The breathtaking view outside the main palace |