Versailles

On Sunday I took off for Versailles with a friend from the music department. Although we ended up spending almost as much time waiting that day (for the train, in the epic ticket line, while the restaurant fought with my credit card after dinner) as we spent actually exploring the chateau and gardens, it was worth it -- and we even saw the little Statue of Liberty in the Seine from the RER on the way back into Paris. [If you're reading this on Facebook, it looks lots better at http://arcboutant.blogspot.com , I promise.]

This place is HUGE.

Doesn't everyone want an organ in their room?

Craziness in the Hall of Mirrors.

We're in a mirror in the Hall of Mirrors.

Hello, gigantic gardens. They were playing Lully from the hedges.