128877 4 Location 455763 <p>We went on a bus trip to the palace at Versailles.&nbsp; The palace is huge, just like the Louvre.&nbsp; It used to be a hunting lodge for kings, later enhanced into a palace.&nbsp; It has extensive formal gardens, stretching for miles with lakes, fountains and statuary in it.&nbsp; On some days, there is a musical fountain show.&nbsp; There are furnished apartments and a hall of mirrors.&nbsp; Very grand.</p><p>It was very crowded when we went.&nbsp; Tour groups usually get there by 3PM, so if you are going by yourself, it would be better to visit Versailles in the morning when there are no&nbsp;lecturing tour guides and&nbsp;hordes of&nbsp;schoolchildren.</p> 2006-06-07T03:28:18-07:00 570425350 2006-05-19T17:00:00-07:00 0 -9223372036854775790 158436 1561420 128877 0 255331 0.0398247078205152 2006-05-18T17:00:00-07:00 Published 25.0 2006-06-07T03:35:12-07:00 99632 0