#12 – Tour the palace in Compiègne. Accomplished!
FINALLY!!!! After only 7 months of living here, I toured the palace in Compiègne yesterday!!! It was beautiful, sunny and high-60s, and there were TONS of people in the gardens, but not too too many in the palace itself. I thought the tour was really informational and when we were done, all I wanted to do was run home and read-up on my French history!
I didn’t take many pictures outside, because not much is flowering yet, but I took LOADS of the palace!!
Enjoy!
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- On our walk to the palace, there were horse-drawn carriages! I’m not sure why, but it added a nice ambiance.
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- Really awesome yellow chair.
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- And another!
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- This is part of a marble table.
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- Napoleon’s bedchamber!
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- Ceiling art.
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- Napoleon’s library (that’s his desk!)
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- Creepy hallway.
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- The Empress’s bedchamber
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- Painting on the ceiling of the Empress’s room.
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- Paintings represent spring and summer.
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- And these represent fall and winter.
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- The ladies in waiting room! The seating arrangement was decided by pecking order.
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- Some of the art on the walls was really impressive!
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- The carpet in the empress’s dining room. Really, Marie-Louise?
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- Art on the ceiling of the blue room.
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- I WANT THIS CLOCK!
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- Louis XV would have portraits painted of his preferred pooches. :)
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- This entire room was full of tapestries depicting Louis XV in/around the forest/palace of Compiègne.
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- The ballroom.
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- Napoleon
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- A really neat painting of Napoleon going into battle.
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- Birds! Painted on doors!
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- Napoleon III
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- The imperial prince.
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- The prince’s mother, Eugenie
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- Some of the prince’s clothes, when he was little.
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- Napoleon III
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- Napoleon III and the imperial prince.
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- Bust of… the imperial prince, I think..
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- And another bust of the prince, after his death.
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- Painting depicting the prince’s death.
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- Empress Eugenie
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- Passage leading to the gardens!
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- View of the palace from the edge of the gardens.
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- The palace!
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- There was this great wall-hanging – it was like a quilt of France. I couldn’t get a good picture of all of it because it was under glass, but this is the region I live in.
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- Imagine if this were your entryway staircase.
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- Painting of the palace, in the palace.
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- Napoleon’s dining room
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- Marble (?) carving in the wall of the dining room.
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- Really cool chalice
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- The map room
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- A game room.
Chez moi!
As promised, here are some photos of my new digs. It’s not much, but it’s cheap and I have everything I need.
But first-
Ma valise est arrivée!!!
Okay, now that I’ve shared that awesome news, on to my surroundings…
The view at the front of the school
- The prettiest building at my school
This building is used as administrative offices.
The building I actually live in.
My room!
Little sink area at the front of my room
Desk & window beyond the bed
View of my room from the window
Shower room, right across the hall from me
laundry room, right around the corner, and it's free!
The awesomeness that is the kitchen!
Second view of the kitchen, taken from the window
So, this is where I live. Note that the kitchen has 2 full size refridgerators, an oven, a 4-burner stove top, AND a microwave!!! Also, there is a coffee maker, so I am really set here. I can even cook, as soon as I get a bit more comfortable in the supermarkets.
