We bought a family Paris Museum Pass and one of the museums it included was Versailles, which gave us some experience with the Paris Metro as we used it to connect with the train to Versailles. As you can see from LL’s attire, it was another warm, sunny day.
At other museums we’ve visited we’ve seen a trend to mix two different types of exhibits together in the same place. Versailles continued this by mixing an artist named Jeff Koons work with the Versailles exhibits. Contrary to what you might think, Mr. Koons does not work in ’shiny balloon’, these works were made of some specially formulated or painted metal and some were large in size.
I can’t resist one more – there were tens of pieces of Mr. Koon’s work throughout Versailles.
After working our way through most of the indoor exhibits we headed out to walk through the gardens pictured on this side of the lake.
We then rented bikes for an hour to get some exercise and enable us to explore some of the further reaches of the (massive) grounds.
As we were finishing up our ride, we came upon a Segway concessionaire who offered Allister and Charlotte a 10 minute ride – probably in hopes that Laura-Lyn and I would spring for something longer. We resisted but the children had great fun experimenting and came away from the experience bubbling.
I didn’t find the Versailles gardens gaudy or overcrowded with exhibits – in contrast to the interior of the palace. The landscape and its pools was simple and restrained – just significant in its scale. This picture below is of one of the few significant pieces of sculpture in the gardens and their associated pools.
