{"id":2714,"date":"2025-10-04T22:29:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T22:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2025-10-04T22:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T22:30:25","slug":"paris-day-16-17-versailles-day-1-bike-trip-through-parc-de-versailles-the-grand-trianon-petit-trianon-grotte-de-marie-antoinette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/?p=2714","title":{"rendered":"Paris Day 16 & 17 – Versailles Day 1 – Bike Trip Through Parc de Versailles, The Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon, & Grotte de Marie-Antoinette,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paris Day 16<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Paris Day 16 (Sept 18th) was a recovery day. We walked around, probably washed our laundry and got ready for our overnight trip to Versailles the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As a side note, here’s my Paris Metro photo. Note how innocent I look LOL (in case the French fuzz has it out for me).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paris Day 17 – Versailles Day 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
K holding a bike helmet that looks like a heart. Gotta be good luck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Not as big as The Louvre. But pretty close!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Petit Trianon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This place was a place for the highest nobles to get away from the mass of nobility that constantly attended the Palace of Versailles. I read that King Louis the XIV would often have 10,000 nobles in the area. French nobles accounted for about 5% of the French population. What a stroke of luck to be part of that lot (especially in the Middle Ages)! The Petit Trianon is the step-down palace from the step-down palace known as the Grand Trianon (next door).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a>
The Versailles park is probably several square miles, and well maintained.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
The nobility living here probably looked at this Medusa sculpture everyday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Back to the Petit Trianon. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
I think Marie Antoinette slept here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
On the way to the Grotte de Marie-Antoinette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Guessing this is a metaphor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Grotte de Marie-Antoinette<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Marie-Antoinette wanted a lighthouse on her lake. Looks great at least.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Marie-Antoinette wanted to live on something other then a noble manor. She commissioned an architect to make this happen. He did a great job and created a beautiful little farming village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a>
The town she built for herself has elements of Hobbiton in it. Actually looks pretty cool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Another building in the village.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a>
Lots of crops adorn the campus. Gardeners must have produced enough food for everyone plus more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
The main house. Looks great! Somewhat like a chalet in the Alps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
The farm animals are over here. With stables and all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Pigs getting dinner. Lots of bunnies, goats, llamas, etc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Grand Trianon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Louise XIV actually built this place to get away from the main Palace (about a mile away). Napoleon later lived in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Sly dog \ud83d\ude09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bike Trip Through Parc de Versailles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We spent the rest of the afternoon into the late evening biking around the huge park and lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
The palace is in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
This day is over. Time to head home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paris Day 16 Paris Day 16 (Sept 18th) was a recovery day. We walked around, probably washed our laundry and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2714"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2810,"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions\/2810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technomads.maginei.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}