Wednesday was perfect. We took the RER to Versailles and spent a rainy day at the palace! It was by far the most beautiful man-made place I have ever seen. Royalty had the very best of everything. Gold paint, sculptures in their likenesses, paintings the size of an auditorium... They would commission artists from all over France and even bring in Italian artists to work for them. There are constant reminders and symbolism that Louis XIV thought he was commissioned by God Himself to reign over France. He was very Catholic and attended Mass every day in the beautiful adjoining chapel. Ironically, though each room was dedicated to a different Roman god. I still haven't figured out how those two competing ideas fit together.
There is more to write, but we are up on Thursday early to go to Euro Disney! It is a short subway/train ride away and I want to give Amanda a day of American indulgence before she begins her next job. I get to return to the comforts of America, but she hasn't experienced it for a month now and won't again until late July.
Tonight she visits her new au pair family to learn the ropes, then we spend the next two days getting her provisions - a cell phone that works here, house shoes, a robe, etc.
We'll blog again when we return.
-Lisa
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