I went on a Sunday, because it's closed on Mondays. Château de Versailles or the palace of Versailles is a nice short day trip from Paris. It is the symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
The most famous room of the palace is the hall of mirrors, and you definitely cannot miss that.
The most impressive thing of the palace is not the palace itself, but the huge garden next to it! It is really enormous. I walked down to the canal and decided to go to the Grand Trianon, where Louis XIV kept his mistress, Madame de Montespan. I wanted to take a different route back to the palace, and I got lost in this huge garden........ My plan was to go back to Paris and maybe visit another museum, but I couldn't quite make it because I was all the way on the other end of the garden and it took me a long time to figure out how to get back. I can't believe that I didn't get lost in Paris, but I got lost in the garden..... That proved how big it is!
It was already dark when I got back to Paris. After dinner, I decided to take a cruise tour on the Seine. It was freezing cold on the upper deck, but it was amazing to see the city. Below is a little video clip I took.