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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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What a gorgeous day to be viewing the gardens. I think I'd take hot weather over a rainy day. Easier to take pictures.
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All of those statues are wonderful. I bet there are great stories about each 1. I just wonder what is the story with the Tree????
I bet there is a great story about everyone of those too. I have no idea what it was with the tree and some of the other public art that you'll see around the gardens. I've seen no mention of it anywhere and I saw no explanation of it on the day.
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This area is the Water Parterre, right in front of the palace.
I may sound a bit dumb here, but what are these exactly? They just seem so out of place compared to everything else. Also, I suppose I should know this.....but I don't. How long did they actually live here and does anyone know the amount of people who lived in the palace? Versailles is just truly amazing to me and my goodness, it is going on the "must do" list!!!
The fact that you were spending these past few days with fellow PP'ers really warms my heart! Great memories and friendships
I definitely don't love the tree art, or whatever it was! Just seems so out of place with all the very classical statues....
But otherwise, it looks gorgeous!
I agree, the random tree art and such was a little bizarre. But other than that, it was really lovely to just meander and look at the fountains and gardens and statues, and listen to the music. It was a really lovely day for it!
I may sound a bit dumb here, but what are these exactly? They just seem so out of place compared to everything else.
As far as I know, it's literally modern art that was peppered around the gardens.
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Also, I suppose I should know this.....but I don't. How long did they actually live here and does anyone know the amount of people who lived in the palace? Versailles is just truly amazing to me and my goodness, it is going on the "must do" list!!!
As far as I can see from Wikipedia, I think there would've been people living there from 1664 to 1789. The Versailles website has the history of the place, including a day in the life of Louis XIV and a few other things, so it's worth checking out to learn a bit more, if the history interests you....
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The fact that you were spending these past few days with fellow PP'ers really warms my heart! Great memories and friendships
I definitely don't love the tree art, or whatever it was! Just seems so out of place with all the very classical statues....
But otherwise, it looks gorgeous!
I agree, the random tree art and such was a little bizarre. But other than that, it was really lovely to just meander and look at the fountains and gardens and statues, and listen to the music. It was a really lovely day for it!
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Saturday 8 June – part three: watching the fountains play
We then decided to walk through some of the gardens and found various fountains all playing. The last time we’d been here and walked along these same parts of the gardens, it was such a disappointment to find the fountains not performing. It just didn’t feel like a proper visit.
Our first stop was in Dauphin’s Grove…
… then we saw the Flora Fountain.
Have I mentioned that I love the zoom on my camera? The first shot is with the naked eye – the second is a close-up back towards the palace… I had to grab a couple of shot of our little group as we walked along!
We came out of there and headed down to the Fountain of Apollo’s Chariot, which is an amazing fountain here. My goodness, this is quite something. This fountain depicts Apollo the conqueror on his chariot, being pulled by four horses. He’s getting out of the water amongst sea monsters.
Everyone else decided to walk over to the Grand Canal, which was the setting for Louis XIV’s many boating parties, but I decided to head up the Royal Walkand grab a seat along there. From there, I was able to just watch the world go by, enjoy the music in the background, and relax. It was lovely.
I loved how Meri arrived and just went straight and sat down next to Rory and basically talked the shyness right out of him. Within a few minutes they were thick as thieves and had a really good time. When we went for our walk at one point Rory came running over to me and said mum what's the Disney Cruise Line? I think Meri should be in sales
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Your pictures are amazing, this is another place added to my long list of future visits. I need to either win the lottery or move to Europe to find enough time to see everything.
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I have no idea what it was with the tree and some of the other public art that you'll see around the gardens. I've seen no mention of it anywhere and I saw no explanation of it on the day.
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