{"id":115,"date":"2017-07-13T20:32:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T20:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/travel\/2017\/07\/13\/a-versailles-high\/"},"modified":"2019-06-24T11:00:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T11:00:44","slug":"a-versailles-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/travel\/2017\/07\/13\/a-versailles-high\/","title":{"rendered":"A Versailles High"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we had one plan: to experience the opulence of the Palace of Versailles. <\/p>\n

We got there early enough to be able to browse through without arm wrestling too many tourists. Those guys get in the way! <\/p>\n

Gate of Honor<\/p>\n

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We’ll skip a few hundred photos..<\/p>\n

The Hall of mirrors <\/p>\n

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The other side <\/p>\n

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\nThe gardens looking down towards the Grand Canal. <\/p>\n

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Enjoying a leisurely row on the Grand Canal <\/p>\n

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Followed by a leisurely stroll through the vast grounds. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Petit Trianon<\/p>\n

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We found a significant lily <\/p>\n

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We capped off the visit with the mandatory ice cream  (we both had and it was well worth it)<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we had one plan: to experience the opulence of the Palace of Versailles.  We got there early enough to be able to browse through without arm wrestling too many tourists. Those guys get in the way!  Gate of Honor We’ll skip a few hundred photos.. The Hall of mirrors  The other side  The gardens […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,9,6],"tags":[21,22,42,51],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","category-royandnikki","category-travelogues","tag-france","tag-paris","tag-travel","tag-versailles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/img_2755-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ocy4-1R","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":690,"url":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/travel\/2019\/07\/04\/paradise-found\/","url_meta":{"origin":115,"position":0},"title":"Paradise found","author":"Collette","date":"9 years ago","format":"video","excerpt":"I was up bright and early this morning for my second bike tour. 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