Paris day 2

Saturday 25th May..
Today, we venture out of Paris to the  Chāteau de Versaillies. We rendouvus at a wonderful place, near the Eiffle tower. We have arrived early,  so breastfast at one of the eatery's that are about.  We have planned this day tour out of Paris on account of the Yellow jacket protests that will be about today,  and one can see the presence of the Gendarme about. In full combat gear. I felt very safe. I even got a pic taken with a couple of the officers. But there is a he presence about,  sirens going all the time,  police vehicles travelling to places,  motorbike officers riding to their designated places. 
We board the bus,  and make our way to the our destination. The bus trip is a 30 min ride. We have a guide for the tour, and after some minor technological problems, no headsets, we enter the Palace. Our guide, Alex, was a wonderful guide, he was English for a start, and may have even been in stage performances. A true gem.
The Line up to get into this place is astounding,  and we have come in an in between time. Then goodness we are doing a guided tour.
This place was absolutely astonishing. The place were King Louis XIV lived with all of his wives and mistresses. Ceilings and walls adorned with paintings. The hall of Mirrors was truly magical, abd beautiful, and full of  history. It has 357 mirrors bedecking the 17 arches opposite the windows. People everywhere, squishy at times, and not being able to stop at some spots due to so many people. You could spend so much time just looking.  
Then we get to the gardens.  WOW. They stretch for 2200 acres, but were at one stage 23000 acres back in the day. This included woodlands for hunting. Interestingly, the designer of the gardens knew how important having things symmetrical was to the king,  he designed the water features and the Grand Canal to appear the same size when one was looking out from the palace.  This meant the furtherest pool , had to be larger so as to look the same size as the first one. The distance between the first and third basin is 1670 metres long. 
I think you could spend a day looking over the palace, and a day exploring the gardens. An amazing if not very decadant piece of French history.