Monday, August 30, 2010

48 Hours in Paris - Gardens at Versailles



The Gardens at Versailles were absolutely enormous. And filled with fountains and immaculately-manicured shrubs.



I call this one the vomiting lion fountain:







This fountain depicts Jupiter's battle with the sky, or something like that. Looks like Jupiter is losing. This was my favorite fountain because it's kind of scary.



Lots of really long, perfectly straight paths with perfectly flattened trees/shrubs on either side:





Martin took a little nap break after lunch. The Palace of Versailles is in the background.



After lunch they had turned the fountains off. :(



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