Comments on: The Chateau de Versailles – Ready for a visit?

By: ArtistUnplugged

ArtistUnplugged — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:58:02 +0000

Oh wow, thank you so much for allowing me a peek through your visit. The architecture and detail is astounding…the playground, just amazing to look at and imagine how it must have been. Such a treasure! I LOVE Miss Doodle’s ball fashions, must be a hoot getting ready for the ball. The details and colors are delicious!

By: suki

suki — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:52:32 +0000

a lovely place. the playhouse is so interesting. the indulgence! those front gates too are amazing. thanks. yes, kick back and relax, good idea.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:39:06 +0000

Yes, we might only think of children having these kinds of places, but at ‘Le Petit Trianon’ everything was so much more grand than you would think of a home for a person…a mansion, if you will rather than a castle, maybe. You are right, it is weird by our standards, now. I think you are right, who would want people ohhhing and ahhhing over their homes, then again sometimes people do like that, so I don’t know.

Well, if you can go with your head high to something like that, then there is a great deal of dignity! Guilt is a wasted emotion, so I suppose this is something she understood. I am sure, in the end (and maybe in the beginning) she had sympathy. This could have been her reason for not wanting to be at the castle so much, uh?

It is a great story, too! Thanks Andrea!

By: parisdreamtime

parisdreamtime — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:14:22 +0000

Hallo Martine:) Ja das würde mir auch gefallen. In einem dieser Häuschen dort war die KÜCHE eingerichtet, dort wurde für Marie-Antoinette und ihre Gespielinnen (und Liebhaber vermutlich:) gekocht, gewaschen etc. Deshalb denke ich, dass die sich wirklich in diesen Häuschen aufgehalten haben! Ich würde auch gerne mal so ein Kleid anprobieren, mit Krinoline und allem Drum und Dran, und der dazugehörenden Perücke oder hochfrisierten Haaren:)

By: parisdreamtime

parisdreamtime — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:03:26 +0000

Kim, it’s a bit weird to see those pretty houses and think that they were just there for amusement. And went we looked at them, I thought that it would be so much nice if they were inhabited now. Of course, the people who would live in there would perhaps not appreciate all the tourists awing and oh-ing around the house:) We also talked about Marie-Antoinette and the final destination who waited for her, and it is said that she went with her head up high, with dignity. At least, that makes her sympathetic, I guess.

By: parisdreamtime

parisdreamtime — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:58:52 +0000

Danielle, hi, thanks for visiting, I know that you waited for those pictures:) I don’t know what happened with the stairecase, but you have to know that the Petit Trianon was closed for many many years and has only be restored and opened for visitors a couple of years ago! I think, during the time it was closed, things just rotted away, I don’t know. I hope they’ll restore the staircase, as it is so beautiful.
It must be nice to live near the gardens, I would go there often, it’s so peaceful and beautiful.

By: parisdreamtime

parisdreamtime — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:54:19 +0000

Hi Lorenzo, thanks for your visit and comment, there will be more tomorrow or after tomorrow, don’t forget to check.

By: parisdreamtime

parisdreamtime — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:53:10 +0000

Heidi, For me it was the same, I thought: “Oh, this is it?”:) but at the same time I just wanted to get out of there as it was so crowded in every “visitable” room…

By: Martine

Martine — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:04:57 +0000

An einem schönen nachmittag wie heute möchte ich schon gerne mit miss Doodle im Versaille spielen, angezogen wie Marie-Antoinette und wenn du kommst und hungrig bis und brot möchtest gib ich dir kuchen.
Ist das ok?
Wunderschön dieser post Andrea. Gerade vor ein paar tage sah ich ein film über Marie-Antoinette und jetzt freue ich mich sehr über deinen post.
Geniesse das zusammensein mit deiner familie.
Alles liebe
XXXm

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:07:38 +0000

Andrea, this is a lovely post and I have to agree with you about not thinking about all of the money being spent on this luxury while the subjects were starving. No, we just have to see this for what it is… As we were walking around there just two weeks ago now, Elizabeth said Marie led a fine life right up to the end when it was horrible!

The grounds of Versailles are so pastoral and around ‘Le Petit Trianon’ this is even more evident. I have heard it said that Marie-Antoinette even had the shepherds lead the sheep around with blue satin ribbons! When you see the opulence and feminine nature of her personal spaces you can see how this would have been part of the big picture for her.

Now, Miss Doodle has hit the nail on the head with her idea of preparing for a Marie-Antoinette party. Do you think it was held at that beautiful gazebo on the grounds near the main castle? Miss Doodle loves to flow off the end of your pen, doesn’t she?

Thanks for reminding me of this lovely place in France!