Palace of Versailles! Beautiful. In 2000, I went to London, then Paris, took the train to Versailes (smelled worse than a NYC subway with all the urine smell). After reaching Versilles, I went to the Hall of Mirrors where there was a guard at the main entrance somewhat close to the main gate. When I asked, "When will it be open"?, the guard said, "In a few days, after cleaning". Very disappointing, so I asked, "Can you open the door, so I can just look for a moment", he said, "No.". Such bad luck. It's a beautiful palace, but I was also shocked to see the graffiti carved into the stone of Gazebos within the massive main garden. Don't remember exactly, but it was stuff like "Johann loves Carla, 1873" and the like. No ink, carvings. Crazy.
Palace of Versailles! Beautiful. In 2000, I went to London, then Paris, took the train to Versailes (smelled worse than a NYC subway with all the urine smell). After reaching Versilles, I went to the Hall of Mirrors where there was a guard at the main entrance somewhat close to the main gate. When I asked, "When will it be open"?, the guard said, "In a few days, after cleaning". Very disappointing, so I asked, "Can you open the door, so I can just look for a moment", he said, "No.". Such bad luck. It's a beautiful palace, but I was also shocked to see the graffiti carved into the stone of Gazebos within the massive main garden. Don't remember exactly, but it was stuff like "Johann loves Carla, 1873" and the like. No ink, carvings. Crazy.