I'll Do It Myself! Part I

It's apparent that Jon is not going to blog about his trip to France. It would be nice to give a little variety to the blog but after many attempts, I gave up to no avail. I hope that I get the descriptions right, according to him. This will be part one of his trip. There are more pictures that we received a couple of weeks ago that I'll add or maybe, just maybe Jon will do it himself.

Briefing on the history of The Palace of Versailles according to Wikipedia.

"The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, in France's Île-de-France region. In French, it is known as the Château de Versailles. When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some twenty kilometers southwest of the French capital. From 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in 1789, the court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.


One of the very cool aspects of Jon's department is the cultural diversity and coming from a diverse family, I can appreciate that. These are two of Jon's co-workers. On the left is Olivier (pronounced Oliv-i-a), he is French based. Sergio is on the right, he moved here from Mexico City. When Jon was in France, there was a debate over whether or not Fillet Mignon was pork or beef. Olivier saying it was pork and Sergio and Jon saying is was beef. To settle the dispute, Olivier invited them over to his apartment for a Fillet Mignon dinner, which, turns out to be pork after all. There's proof to back it up too. So Olivier came to the States to work on a 3 week project recently, and in return we invited him and Sergio over for dinner to our home. I've been able to have great opportunities in meeting A LOT of Jon's co-workers and it's a lot of fun getting to know them.


Standing outside of the Palace of Versailles.



One view of the Palace of Versailles.

Inside the main hallway. Crazy beautiful.


Overlooking the gardens in the back. Jon said they extended out even further and covered a VERY large area.

Sergio and Jon

One of the empty bedrooms. Camera flashes were prohibited for preservation so a few pictures didn't turn out well, this being one of them.

View of the hallway ceiling.