It took me a long time to find the opportunity, but I finally managed to visit Versailles a few days ago.
The palace is as impressive as we see in the movies, and the gardens something absolutely incredible. It takes the entire day to do a decent visit.
I can see why the people who were starving around that time ended up losing it and chopped the king's head off. However, the thing that impressed be the most was the lack of privacy the king had. The man was never alone. There were people in his room when he went to sleep, during the entire night, when he woke up - he was even watched when he used the toilet (or the equivalent in those days) and most of his meals he was alone at a table, eating by himself while others watched. How weird was that? We have our fair share of crazy today, but seriously???
The palace is as impressive as we see in the movies, and the gardens something absolutely incredible. It takes the entire day to do a decent visit.
I can see why the people who were starving around that time ended up losing it and chopped the king's head off. However, the thing that impressed be the most was the lack of privacy the king had. The man was never alone. There were people in his room when he went to sleep, during the entire night, when he woke up - he was even watched when he used the toilet (or the equivalent in those days) and most of his meals he was alone at a table, eating by himself while others watched. How weird was that? We have our fair share of crazy today, but seriously???
