The Moment You've All Been Waiting For!

At least, I'm going to assume you've been waiting to see this...maybe it hasn't even crossed your mind. The Palace of Versailles was a home for the king. Raise your hand if you want to see a picture of the king's bedrooms!  That's what I thought.

But we must follow procedure. We can't just go barging into the king's bedroom at all hours of the day--he might be napping! Before one could enter the king's bedroom, you would have to wait in the Bull's Eye Salon.  There would have been a guard at the door, just to make sure you didn't get too antsy and enter before permission was given.

We're in! Check out that bed--and just the king slept here! The queen had a separate bedchamber, which we will see in a minute.

No big deal--just some feathers on the posts of the bed. Don't your beds have feathers on the posts?

Look at that bedspread--a lot of embroidery detail, and some in gold! Like a king could sleep anywhere else.

And now to the queen's bedchamber. Lovely flowers all over the walls, and a bedspread made for...well, a queen!

What bedroom would be complete without a statue of yourself on the mantel? That is Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI and the last queen of France. Let's just say Marie and Louis were not very good at being king and queen, and so the French did the same thing the Americans did--had a revolution. Now there is a president in France.

I have more to show you, so I will try and post something tomorrow. However, I will not post again until Easter. You see, the English students go year-round, so they have two-week "holidays" every 9 weeks or so.  Today was the last day of this term, and so we have a two-week break from teaching. I am going to be doing some major traveling--which means get ready for loads of posts when I get home from those travels! But I will not be able to carry my computer with me, so I will not be able to post. Sorry!

Have a lovely day!  See you in two weeks!