Paris: Day 3

There is very little that can be said about Versailles (or Paris for that matter) that hasn´t been said before, which I why I will be brief today.

The palace is at once opulent, gaudy, beatiful, and tasteful. It does go over the top, but it never pretended to be anything other than a display of French wealth and power. Chye and I spent AGES there - probably 3-4 hours in the Palace alone, and of that only 45min was spent in a queue. I would definitely recommend, however, that if you are planning on visiting, buy your ticket in advance (at any staffed Metro/RER station) or come early. It was VERY busy and the main queue was at least 2hrs long. A tip: don´t queue in Entrance A. You can buy all the tickets from the entrance to the Dauphin's Apartments, near the entrance to the Gardens on the left. Ask one of the staff for the Dauphin entrance and they´ll help you out!

We returned to Paris for 5pm and spent one hour (for free) in the Musée d´Orsay. I would have liked to spend longer there, but I´m only here for 3 days, so compromises have to be made. As it was we saw paintings by Monet, Van Gogh and sculptures by Rodin. It´s all housed in a recently-renovated train station and looks amazing. It´s worth a visit for the building alone!

After dinner, Chye and I returned to the Louvre to take some night photos of the Pyramid, the Tour d´Eiffel and the Champs Elysees. They turned out quite good I thought - although Chye´s tripod definitely helped!

And now, it´s off to bed.

Bon nuit!