TUESDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2010.
Me and Jo woke up for breakfast an hour late...ARGH! Snooze buttons on alarms are definitely a killer! Quickly got ready, threw on some warm clothes as it looked freezing outside, and headed down to grab some breakfast at around 7.30am. Unfortunately, there was only bread and jam left to munch on as everyone had arrived for breakfast a good half hour before us (that will teach us to get up late!) but that was enough for me to gobble down quickly before heading off on the coach to Versailles!
the beautiful interiors...
Me and Angel thought this guy looked like Brian from Big Brother!!
The ceilings were amazing, they even had photo frames on them?!
The hall of glass.
The detail and work on each individual wall was so intricate.
i loved the detail of the photo frames.
I was in love with the views of the gardens from inside, and after having a quick snack in the cafe, I persuaded all of our little group go outside to see them for real after a lot of protesting from them because of the snow! (can you tell my dad's a P.E teacher!?ha)
It was well worth it!
On the way back, Morgaine told us some amazing stories about the culture and lifestyle of Versaille which I've made into bullet points below for you to digest easily!
- The food culture we have today is very much influenced from the 18th century antics of Versaille, the idea of eating sweet and meat at the same time was to portray wealth, and this is seen in the work of chef Heston Bloom nowadays.
- Due to the huge sleeves on their clothing, the diners would hold their glasses above their shoulder. Every time they would finished drinking, their servant would take their glass away, wash clean and fill ready for the diner to use again. Insane.
- The idea of large rooms was to show wealth, and as wealth was measured by the amount of space, large rooms would host dinner parties, with fold down furniture which be stored behind the rooms when not in use.
- The bedrooms within are all in a line, leading up to the kings chamber. These rooms would be in order of status, and visitors would move up to the kings chamber gradually, until finally they would be invited personally by the King into the room through a secret door. This room would be small compared to the rest of the showrooms, to retain warmth, and would be linked with secret staircases to various rooms for his affairs. ooh la la.
All in all, an amazing trip, and very informative! Loved the interiors, loved the gardens, loved the golden gates. Now back to the coach to get back into the streets of Paris....
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