Paris Day 3

	Our first view of Versailles
	Christine in front of Versailles - see how big it is!
	This is the line we avoided by having a museum pass!
	Christine from the top of the gardens at Versailles, looking back at the palace
	Christine at the top of the gardens at Versailles, looking over the gardens - vast!
	The little garden cafe where we ate breakfast/lunch
	Mike taking a picture of Christine looking like shes's been somewhere she's not supposed to be
	Christine in front of a small pond in the upper gardens at Versailles
	Christine in the Sun King's garden at Versailles
	Christine in the upper gardens at Versailles
	A cool Roman-style ampitheatre at Versailles
	Christine in the gardens at Versailles
	I liked this little bush - it reminds me of spinbot from RoboRally
	Christine in front of the Apollo Basin and the Grand Canal at Versailles
	Chrisine in front of the Apollo Basin at Versailles
	Row, row, row your boat....gently down the Grand Canal at Versailles!
	Mike having lots of fun rowing on the Grand Canal
	Mike as a pirate rowing on the Grand Canal
	Mike and a view down to the end of the Grand Canal
	Duckies on the Grand Canal
	A view down one of the arms of the Grand Canal. The Canal is cross-shaped. It took us 40min just to row to the middle of the arms and back.
	Dreaded rootwad exists even in the Grand Canal
	A view down one of arms of the Grand Canal towards the Grand Trianon (the largest of the King's retreat palaces at Versailles.
	They just turned on the fountains at Versailles!
	Mike rowing back to the docks.
	Mike rowing back to the docks. As you can see, we are still quite far away.
	Mike is still having fun rowing
	We're almost back to the dock.
	Christine in front of Apollo's Basin fountain on.
	Christine behind a fountain in the Collonade at Versailles
	The Collonade at Versailles
	Christine in front of the Latona Basin at Versailles
	Michael in front of the Latona Basin at Versailles
	Michael in fron of the Latona Basin at Versailles
	A view looking over the whole gardens with the fountains on. See the little white specks in the trees? Those are fountains that are shooting over the treetops
	Another view over the gardens at Versailles
	Christine in front of a cool fountain and waterfall at Versailles
	Looking down the drive leading to the Neptune fountain at Versailles
	The Orangerie at Versailles. The trees down there are orange and other citrus trees. It was the only place they would grow in northern France, because the king would have all the trees wheeled to an inside greenhouse if the weather was cold.
	Christine taking a picture of the Orangerie.
	Christine and the Orangerie.
	A cool dragon fountain - it turned on during the Neptune fountain finale
	Mike taking a little rest after we staked out a good spot for the Neptune fountain finale
	What a great spot!
	The dragon fountain came on a little before the rest of the Neptune fountain did
	Mike was sure these ducks were going to get sprayed, but they didn't
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - panorama
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - panorama
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - panorama
	Christine taking a picture of the Neptune fountain at Versailles
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles
	The crowd watching the Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - I think this next set of pictures is another panorama, zoomed in
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - panorama
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - panorama
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - panorama
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - panorama
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - panorama
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - panorama
	The Grand Finale at the Neptune fountain at Versailles - panorama
	Mike with a close up of a monstrous fountain
	The Hercules Drawing Room in the Versailles palace. On the wall is a Veronese painting of Christ at a Venetian party. King Louis XIV liked this painting so much, he had the room decorated to match the painting, so that it looks like the painting is an extension of the room.
	View through one of the windows at Versailles. See how the cars and signs look wavy? This is due to the distortion in the old glass
	We got a picture of this to show how funny exit signs in both Britain and France are - they show a person running for cover.
	This is another room in the palace at Versailles. I think it is the Cornucopia room; I am not sure which Louis is in the picture.
	The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
	The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
	Michael and Christine in a mirror in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
	Detail of painting on the ceiling of the Peace Room at Versailles. Mike thought the cerub riding the cannon was funny.