Bonjour,

The palace was overwhelmingly opulent but the gardens were also very impressive. They occupy thousands of acres and we were barely able to begin to see them. The numbers of statues and fountains and displays was impressive.

1. This view is from the palace looking out towards the gardens. The next photo is from the opposite direction, but note where Vicky is standing – well before the large water feature.

2. Look how small the palace appears and we were only about half way to the main water feature – as seen in the prior photo. This gives you a sense of scale.

3. I took this photo out of a window on the second story of the palace.

4. This just gives an idea of the quality of one of the small water features.

5. This was back off the main area and behind some hedges. The water was spouting to classical music.

Voila,

Bill