H and joie de vivre ~ MaiTai in Provence

[dreamdoll]

Trip report on Versailles (and more on my blog) - thank you for letting me share

Coming up next week on Provence..


The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, the Île-de-France region of France. In French, it is known as the Château de Versailles.



When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some twenty kilometers southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the center of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.









One of the most famous rooms in the world is the Hall of Mirrors (also known as Grande Galerie in French) in the central gallery of the Palace of Versailles. The principal feature of this famous hall is the seventeen mirror-clad arches that reflect the seventeen arcaded windows that overlook the gardens. Each arch contains twenty-one mirrors with a total complement of 357 used in the decoration of the galerie des glaces. The arches themselves are fixed between marble pilasters whose capitals depict the symbols of France. These gilded bronze capitals include the fleur-de-lys and the Gallic cockerel or rooster.

It is a breathtakingly beautiful room!

[robee]

ari & dreamdoll - looking at cyber food ok, but ... imagine all going down the waistline! ok, at least it's my waistline for now

[robee]

dreamdoll - the more I look at the pics, the more I can't wait to be there, thanks for sharing such beautiful pics.... just bought the tickets online as advised by u

[robee]

Just back from Ikea with DS
shopping for some xmas plates, decor etc.
OMG, this year is truly amazing, the designs are really neat... love it!
The swedish are really creative.

Ikea Xmas decor items



They are so pretty I am ready for Xmas Party

That is the outcome of two boys and 1 dog, a mess

[robee]

After a long day, up since 6am+ this morning.
Marketing, shopping, chasing the boys.
It's dinner time!
reward myself with a homemade wagyu beef burger with spicy fries (DH favourite).... bon appetit!

[bags to die for]

Thank you for all the photos Robee! I miss home food so much!
Your sons look like they're having so much fun.

If I bring my BBK, can I come visit too??

[robee]

Originally Posted by bags to die for

Thank you for all the photos Robee! I miss home food so much! Your sons look like they're having so much fun. If I bring my BBK, can I come visit too??

hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........................ ........
if you have ex libris, you get a free city tour too

*taking down headcount for 2010 Singapore BBK and EL summer holiday bootcamp*

[bags to die for]

Ah hah! I do have an ex-libris! Is that payment for the tour?

I am putting the Robee S'pore tour down in my calendar along with a Tokyo trip.

[robee]

Ok, you have the magic words :ex libris! you will have a free city tour complete with food, and H shopping hahahaah visit the H bermuda triangle.

for the tokyo trip, I will tie a scarf to the pole, and shawls around all of you, this to to pull you all out of the reseller/H store in case you pawn away your airticket just to get that H bag hahahhaha

[Diva999]

robee-Hmmm,something tells me they (DS's)get their personality from their mama!!

[dreamdoll]

Most welcome!

Originally Posted by robee

dreamdoll - the more I look at the pics, the more I can't wait to be there, thanks for sharing such beautiful pics.... just bought the tickets online as advised by u

[robee]

diva - i will say older DS more like DH, younger one stubborn like me hahah

[dreamdoll]

robee, Ikea looks lovely with all the X'mas colours! I was just there over the weekend too

[dreamdoll]

Wedding gown shopping with my friend, the lovely bride-to-be, trying on Vera Wang....and a lovely brunch after @ a favourite local cafe (PS Cafe)...The ratatouille I had was pretty good!

I'm wearing my Chains 70, with my white kelly DT phw, and my marwari Thank you for letting me share!

[dreamdoll]

More food...

Lovely crepes at another local restaurant with dear Geminisparklers

We had sundried crepes with Peking Duck, and wholemeal crepes with seafood + blueberry juices!