My wonderful husband (pictured below at Chateau de Chaumont) took us to Paris and the Loire Valley for a fabulous holiday filled. We stayed at a hunting lodge in a Chateau that boasted a 2 Michelin star restaurant (oh, my goodness, words cannot even describe how delicious and magical that was.) We LOVED touring Paris again, this time with our children. Seeing them marvel at the beautiful sights on the River Seine at nightfall, enamored with the Louvre and the beautiful Mona Lisa, strolling through the places our children have studied in art history courses.... What a rare, wonderful treat the entire trip was...
In the evenings we would seek the local fine wines and select the brasserie to sample local delights. In the days we would travel through centuries visiting our local Amboise...
We were rather shocked at the sheer magnitude of the ego and narcissism that would permit one to build the Palace of Versailles when people were starving all around.