On our first trip to Versailles with Lady Casey earlier this year, we didn't exactly make it in. This time, we did our homework and headed there on a Sunday, along with probably half the tourists in Paris. In a bit of an unorthodox move, we bypassed the main palace for the Petit Trianon Château and the Hameau de la Reine, where Marie-Antoinette spent many an hour escaping court life at Versailles, occasionally dressing and acting like a shepherdess, while of course maintaining the comforts of her royal lifestyle. After discovering Marie-Antoinette's quaint get-away château and village, we hopped a shuttle back to Versailles - walking between the residences takes a good 40 minutes, so a one-way hike in the cold wind was enough for one day. For those observant readers, you will notice a significant clothing change between today and yesterday, as we are about 20 degrees fahrenheit cooler today. I am sad to admit that the summer months of 2014 may finally be behind us. Anyway... the Château de Versailles is everything you would imagine it to be; radiating with shimmering, golden opulence. And we finally made it inside the gates! When we finally made it back to Paris, we exited the RER just in time to catch an amazing sunset...
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