White-chan in Paris - that atas palace called Versailles

You really need to pay a visit to the Versailles to understand why the French Revolution happened and why Louis XVI kena his head chopped off. That palace is really super duper grand lor! Can imagine his grandfather Louis XIV telling his officers: "Yah I know the people can't pay more tax because they don't even have enough to put food on their tables, but then I need to renovate this one more room wor, so no choice lah!"!

Anyway, now that these Louis kings have all ashes to ashes, the French of course will make use of this atas palace to make money out of the tourists lah! EUR15 per head lor!









The Hall of Mirrors is supposed to be one of the most famous rooms in the Versailles, but too bad those lazy French did not bother to keep the mirrors and windows clean, so... oh well...





The rooms in the Versailles are named after the Roman gods like Apollo and Venus, all with super glam chandelier, dark colored wall carpet (yes, not a typo, these wallpaper actually looks more like carpets) and gold plated doors... after awhile, it got kinda boring actually...

Instead, we find the Hall of the Battles more interesting, where it houses paintings relating all important battles in the history of France. Not bad for a quick history lesson!



After we had enough of all the gold plated walls, doors and decos, White-chan suggested we take a break at the garden. The garden is actually pretty neat and very well maintained, but a pity a lot of the vases and stuff were covered up in the winter, and the fountain was not switched on...