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    • EUROPATOUR 2019
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      Day 87

      Elf Monate auf der Erde :-)

      September 17, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      ❤️

      Eines Tages, Baby, werden wir alt sein. Oli 👶 Baby, werden wir alt sein
      und an all die Geschichten denken, die wir erleben werden.

      Also lass uns Geschichten schreiben,
      die wir später gern erzählen.
      Lass uns nachts lange wach bleiben,
      auf´s höchste Hausdach der Stadt steigen,
      lachend und vom Takt frei die allertollsten Lieder singen.
      Lass uns Feste wie Konfetti schmeißen,
      sehen, wie sie zu Boden reisen
      und die gefallenen Feste feiern,
      bis die Wolken wieder lila sind.
      Und lass mal an uns selber glauben,
      ist mir egal, ob das verrückt ist,
      und wer genau guckt, sieht,
      dass Mut auch bloß ein Anagramm von Glück ist.
      Und – wer immer wir auch waren –
      lass mal werden wer wir sein wollen.
      Wir haben schon viel zu lang gewartet,
      lass mal Dopamin vergeuden.

      „Der Sinn des Lebens ist leben“,
      das hat schon Casper gesagt,
      „let´s make the most of the night“,
      das hat schon Kesha gesagt.
      Lass uns möglichst viele Fehler machen,
      und möglichst viel aus ihnen lernen.
      Lass uns jetzt schon Gutes sähen,
      dass wir später Gutes ernten.
      Lass uns alles tun,
      weil wir können – und nicht müssen.
      Weil jetzt sind wir jung und lebendig,
      und das soll ruhig jeder wissen,
      und – unsere Zeit die geht vorbei.
      Das wird sowieso passieren
      und bis dahin sind wir frei
      und es gibt nichts zu verlieren.

      Lass uns uns mal demaskieren
      und dann sehen, wir sind die Gleichen,
      und dann können wir uns ruhig sagen,
      dass wir uns viel bedeuten,
      denn das Leben, das wir führen wollen,
      das können wir selber wählen.

      Also los, schreiben wir Geschichten,
      die wir später gern erzählen. Und eines Tages, Baby, werden wir alt sein. 😆
      Oli 👶☝️ Baby, werden wir alt sein und an all die Geschichten denken, die für immer unsere sind.

      ( Text von Julia Engelmann in etwas 😉 abgeänderter Form )      Read more

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    • TravelerEurope 2023
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      Day 2

      Chez Lazare - Rue de Satory, Versailles

      April 6, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

      Fabulous little French restaurant in Versailles. Place was buzzing and they cooked the meats on the grill inside the restaurant and in front of you. I had duck skewers in a pepper sauce whilst Jane went for the beef skewers. Superb.Read more

    • TravelerOverseas trip
      12
      Day 13

      Paris Nu.2

      August 4, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      On our 4th day we had a big down day. We walked down a street to Luxembourg Palace which was owned by a queen who was widowed. We also went to the Pantheon, which was pretty cool. On our way we saw a bunch of gardens with statues too, and for some reason Paris seems to have an obsession with naked statues.

      On our 5th day we went to Versailles Palace, which was owned by Marie Antoinette or as I call her ‘cake lady’, but most people know her from the quote “let them eat cake”. The Palace was massive and had a whole art gallery, mirror room, and a whole theatre. Each child got their own apartment with 6 rooms and the king had chairs around his bed so he could invite people to watch him fall asleep and wake up ( which was really weird and creepy.) We then took a double decker train back to our apartment and got a treat from the bakery. That day I also realised that many people is Paris smoke or vape, so it felt like every 3 minutes you saw people walking down the street looking like puff the magic dragon.

       On our 5th day we went to Notre Dame, it wasn’t to far of a walk either. It was a pretty relaxing day, we ate lunch out in front of the Luxembourg Palace which we went to two day before and watched the boats in a fountain( small ones not big ones ) and it was fun watching a particular one and hoping it didn’t sink. We got to Notre Dame and learned all about how much of it burnt down and why which was interesting. It was also cool seeing the construction going on too.

      The next day we went to an art gallery called Musee d,orsay where we got to see statues and art work from a long time ago. It was really good because we had already gone to the catacombs and Napoleons tomb and places like that, and a lot of the art work mentioned it so it was good having that information background going into it. There were also a lot of painting from Ancient Greece which was pretty gruesome and gross to look at.

      On our last day we had to go pick up the car to drive out of Paris. On our way Jemilla wanted to go to a Starbucks that was apparently really good. So we walked there having low expectations of what we were about to go to, but when we got there I was actually pretty impressed. It wasn’t some crappy looking Starbucks, it had mirrors everywhere and gold on the ceiling,and the milkshakes there were really good. (Jemilla shouted the drinks) then we walked to the car and Dad was getting confident and said he was going to drive around the Arc de triumph, but when he saw how much he had to pay if we damaged it, he changed his mind pretty quickly. We got home (alive) and went out for a hot chocolate to close off our time in Paris excited to explore more of the country side of France.      Read more

    • EUROPATOUR 2019
      1
      11
      Day 88

      Einkaufen mit Oli :)

      September 18, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Die Vorräte gehen zu Ende und Oli packt fleißig mit an 😜 ...der Einkaufszettel ist aber dennoch klein, da die Lebensmittel wirklich preisintensiv in Frankreich, und sowieso in Paris, sind.

      Nun denn, Obst, Gemüse, Wasser, Käse und natürlich das obligatorische Baguette sind auf jeden Fall dabei 😆 ...Read more

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    • EUROPATOUR 2019
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      Day 90

      Les Jardins Versailles

      September 20, 2019 in France ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Als Zeugnisse der barocken Pracht haben die französischen Schlossgärten nichts von ihrer Faszination verloren. Das gilt besonders für Versailles. Geschaffen für den "Sonnenkönig" Ludwig XIV., ist die Anlage trotz vieler Nachahmungen einzigartig geblieben. 🌱

      Filmtipp 😉
      https://youtu.be/KBNBozJLEdM

      "Die Gärtnerin von Versailles"
      Spielfilm Großbritannien/Frankreich 2014

      Frankreich, im 17. Jahrhundert. Die selbstbewusste Landschaftsgärtnerin Sabine de Barra bekommt die Chance ihres Lebens: Unter der Leitung des angesehenen André Le Nôtre soll sie einen Teil der Gärten von Versailles gestalten. Beim Bau des Prunkschlosses stellt Ludwig XIV. höchste Erwartungen an alle Gewerke. Um den Sonnenkönig zufriedenzustellen, müssen seine Gartenmeister selbst die Natur übertreffen und ein Fenster zur Vollkommenheit erschaffen.

      Die verwitwete Sabine verfügt zwar über den Mut, sich gegen die Vorurteile männlicher Kollegen zu behaupten. Der hohe Zeitdruck lastet jedoch schwer auf der unkonventionellen Gärtnerin. Ihr Auftraggeber Le Nôtre ist jedoch felsenfest von ihrem Talent überzeugt: Sabines chaotische Kreativität und sein ästhetischer Ordnungssinn ermöglichen im Zusammenspiel, etwas völlig Neuartiges zu erschaffen.

      Auch der einflussreiche Herzog von Orléans, ein enger Vertrauter Seiner Majestät, stärkt ihr den Rücken. Als intrigante Gegenspielerin erweist sich Françoise Le Nôtre. Ihr ist jedes Mittel recht, die aufkeimende Liaison zwischen ihrem Mann und der und der Gärtnerin zu verhindern.      Read more

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    • Europe 2022 - 2023
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      1112312111122
      Day 200

      Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

      November 24, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

      ♬ Louis, Louis! Me gotta go! ♬

      By all accounts we've heard, the Palace of Versailles was THE Palace when it was completed. France was at the top of its global influence and all nobility wanted to visit this high brow party house. Created by Louis XIV and finished in 1632, the palace was originally a hunting lodge created for his father Louis XIII. The hunting lodge was a private place of no architectural significance. It was one of Louis XIV's favorite places as a child and when he became king he could think of no better place than to create his palace.

      The palace grounds are HUGE. They cover 800 hectares, or 2,000 acres. It was intimidating standing at the first staircase and looking at what was in front of us and then looking at our free map. We did walk a small part of the grounds though. It was nice to see that, while the palace is paid entry, the grounds are free access. We saw many locals jogging or biking a road that cuts through the middle of the grounds.

      The palace itself is 2,300 rooms and 63,154 square meters or about 679,784 square feet. Not all the rooms are open to the public, but what is available is amazing. The most famous room is the Hall of Mirrors where balls were held. At the time, mirrors were rare and very expensive. So this room was practically a world wonder to party guests.

      None of the original furnishings of the palace survived the French Revolution. In fact the lavish-ness of the Palace, was part of why the French Revolution occurred. The monarchy sat comfortably on their high throne, while the rest of France suffered in poverty. Marie Antoinette was actually captured here by the mob as they stormed the castle. Reportedly in the Queens Antechamber seen in one of the images.

      There was a lot we didn't allot time to see at the Palace as well. Somewhere in the Garden was the Queen’s Hamlet. Sort of like a 17th venture she-shed, which was probably a sight on to itself. There is also the Grand Trianon which seems like a small village in the east part of the Garden. Part of it (La Petite Trianon) was built by Louis XV for his mistresses.      Read more

    • TravelerCroatia, Italy, Paris & Berlin
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      Day 33

      Paris Day 4

      September 14 in France ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      Such a big day. Had to be at the bus stop 30 minutes away by 8am! The off to Giverney and Versailles. Our first stop was Monet’s Garden in Giverny. The gardens themselves are beautiful and very well maintained - and you could see many of Monet’s paintings in the scenes that the gardens offered. Then a tour of the house where he lived with 8 children. It had many paintings throughout it and then the normal living parts. A bite of lunch was followed by visiting the on site Impressionist Museum which is currently housing a collections from a Japanese artist (Hiramatsu Reiji) as well as a few of Monet’s. Then back to the bus and off to Versailles. You can see why the people revolted - the gold coated gates open to a huge courtyard surrounded by enormous buildings. Our tour only did one floor of one wing and that took over an hour. Then on to the gardens which were beautiful with lovely fountains. Many steps today!. Bus issues delayed our departure and we had time for a glass of wine and not back to Paris until after 7. Our friend from the bus, Matthew from New Jersey proved to be good company and even caught the Metro back with us after the trip. Found a small bistro for dinner, went home and just collapsed.Read more

    • Von La Rochelle nach Bordeaux
      Day 12

      Bye bye Bordeaux

      September 18 in France ⋅ 🌬 20 °C

      Nun mussten wir Buy Buy in Bordeaux sagen.
      14:00 Uhr fuhr unser Zug.
      Aber vorher haben wir noch eine kleine Radtour unternommen um den meistbesuchten Park von Bordeaux zu besuchen, den Darwin Eco-Systeme - echt cool.
      Dann ging es mit Koffer und Rad zum Bahnhof.
      Sportlich sportlich.
      Angekommen in dem traumhaften La Rochelle gab es die leckersten Muscheln der Welt am Hafen, um spitzenmässig gestärkt mit unserem Bus nach Tours zu düsen.
      Glücklich und kaputt fielen wir ins Bett. 😙🤗😴      Read more

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    • TravelerGrand Tour of Europe - 2023
      Day 38

      Versaille

      June 9, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Today we went to the Palace of Versaille. It was a busy day. We left the hotel at 7:30am and returned at 6:30pm.

      We had booked a guided tour and return train journey and it was definitely the right move. Versaille gets 39 million visitors each year and you can see why.

      Our guide was brilliant and he guided us through the palace, where we saw the Hall of Mirrors and the royal apartments where the three kings, Louis XIV, Louis XV and the ill-fated Louis XVI and his queen Marie Antoinette lived, before they both lost their heads in the revolution.

      We were also guided through the gardens and the Chateau Trianon where Marie Antoinette lived for a number of years, as well as Petite Trianon, the rural village built in the grounds of the palace purely for the amusement of Marie Antoinette.

      It was a special day and everything there was amazing. Words and pictures do not do it justice in any way. This is just a small selection of the 100s of photos we took.      Read more

    • TravelerEUROPE & UK 2024
      Day 4

      Day 4: RIO speedwagon to Versailles

      April 17 in France ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Getting the van - REO 2 - out of Paris was interesting. Ended up spending first day in Versailles and parking there overnight. We took the train into Paris as we had a booking for the Eiffel Tower that night. We ate Italian at Eorlanda restaurant and spent the night chatting to Jackson and Amanda from Mackay QLD before climbing the monument. I cried when I first laid eyes on it.Read more

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