September 2012
Laina at the Movies
Farewell, My Queen
I remember the first time I visited Versailles, the royal palace compound, during a trip to France. This home of the last of France’s royalty is one of the historic treasures of France, and it gives modern visitors an opportunity to see how the French kings lived. Of course what we see today is much cleaned up. In its time, which ended with the French Revolution, there was not a single privy or toilet in sight (dark corners and stairwells served that purpose) more...
I remember the first time I visited Versailles, the royal palace compound, during a trip to France. This home of the last of France’s royalty is one of the historic treasures of France, and it gives modern visitors an opportunity to see how the French kings lived. Of course what we see today is much cleaned up. In its time, which ended with the French Revolution, there was not a single privy or toilet in sight (dark corners and stairwells served that purpose) more...