A trip to see Napoleon's hunting shack in the country, and Birthday Boxing Day!

Birthday boxing day was all about seeing our good pal Napoleon. He invited us to his hunting shack in the country. We decided we would try our luck at Paris transit. An experience to say the least, and that was just buying our tickets. The next 1/2 hours was trying to figure out what side of the tracks we needed to be on and which train to take. Finally after a little help from some local Parisians we were on our way. To say Versailles is amazing would not do it justice. These pictures will give you just a small view of what we saw. Enjoy!

Walking up to Versailles from the train station.

Maddie and Lee outside the main gates.

The golden gates covered in gold leaf. 

Not in Versailles yet.

Just inside the main gates.

Lower part of the Chapel

Looking out at the gardens just outside the back of the palace.

Just a little staircase upstairs.

The Chapel from the second level.

A view outside from one of the original windows.

The entrance to the Great Hall of Mirrors

The ceiling of the Great Hall of Mirrors.

Another view of the gardens outside at the back of the palace.

A small corner of the palace from the back.

One of the main statues out side in the gardens.

Maddie and Lee walking over to Marie-Antionette's country estate.

This is at the start of the Grand Canal looking back at the palace.

Looking out the kitchen window at the Petit Trion 

One of the many staircases in the Petit Trion.

Looking out to the gardens at the Petit Trion.

This is the estate where the working folk would live just between the Petit Trion and the Grand Trion.

The gardens at the Petit Trion.

One of the entrances at the Grand Trion.

Looking out at the gardens at the Grand Trion.

Panoramic of Versailles from outside the main gates. 

Panoramic of Versailles from inside the main gates.