Best of Rob: June 15 - In "The Auld Alliance" Scottish pub, Paris
Best of Rob: June 15 - Reflection of the palace in a round mirror/art-installation, Versailles
Best of Rob: June 15 - The west facade of the royal palace of Versailles, Versailles
Best of Rob: June 15 - 'Sky mirror' later in the evening, installation by Anish Kapoor (2013), with the grand canal in the background, on the grounds of Versailles
Best of Rob: June 15 - Young archers on swan-back harass this dragon that was just minding its own business, the 'Dragon fountain' (1679 - 1681) in the gardens at Versailles
Best of Rob: June 15 - In the gardens on the grounds of Versailles, near Paris
Best of Rob: June 15 - Pool of Latona with a view toward the Grand canal, in the gardens at Versailles, near Paris
Best of Rob: June 15 - 'Sky mirror' by Anish Kapoor (2013), installation on the grounds of the palace, Versailles
Best of Rob: June 15 - In a small corner room just beyond the Hall of Mirrors, the royal palace of Versailles
Best of Rob: June 15 - In the famous 'Hall of mirrors', Versailles royal palace
Best of Rob: June 15 - In the famous 'Hall of mirrors' (1678-1684), Versailles royal palace
Best of Rob: June 15 - Louis XIV on horseback vanquishes enemies without even noticing ('Glory of Louis XIV', marble with gilded marble and bronze, by Antoine Coysevox, @ 1686) in the 'Salon of War', Versailles palace
Best of Rob: June 15 - Detail of a fresco with a Native American in the Mercury salon, in 'the King's Grand Apartment' (see the head of the crocodile in the lower right there), Versailles palace
Best of Rob: June 15 - It was like looking in a mirror! (the beard, nudity, and tan aside, ... and maybe the physique too, lol), Hercules in the Mars salon, Versailles palace
Best of Rob: June 15 - 'Mars on a chariot drawn by wolves' by Claude Audran, with 2 cyclops seated below, a fresco on the ceiling in the Mars salon, Versailles palace
Best of Rob: June 15 - Ceiling in the 'Salon de Diane' in the royal palace at Versailles
Best of Rob: June 15 - Detail from ceiling fresco in 'the Venus salon', Versailles palace
Best of Rob: June 15 - Detail of a ceiling fresco in the 'Abundance salon', Palace of Versailles
Best of Rob: June 15 - Part of 'the apotheosis of Hercules' by Francois LeMoyne (completed in 1736, the largest ceiling painted on canvas in Europe), in the Hercules room, Versailles palace
Best of Rob: June 15 - The royal chapel (1689 - 1710) in the palace of Versailles, near Paris
Best of Rob: June 15 - Detail from the Apollo fountain, the 'gardens' of Versailles, near Paris
Best of Rob: June 15 - The Apollo fountain (1671), the 'gardens' of Versailles
Best of Rob: Jun 15 - Nope, not a bank bldg., this is the 'Petit Trianon' (1762-68), Marie Antoinette's home-away-from-home of choice, on the grounds of the Chateau Trianon, Versailles
Best of Rob: Jun 15 - In the 'Gardens room' in the 'Grand Trianon' palace (1687), Versailles
Best of Rob: Jun 15 - Leg of a side-table in the 'Antichambre des seigneurs' (Antechamber of the lords), 'Grand Trianon' palace (1687), Versailles
Best of Rob: Jun 15 - Candelabra base sculpture in Greco-Egyptian style (1838) in the 'Family room of Louis-Philippe', 'Grand Trianon' palace (1687), Versailles
Best of Rob: Jun 15 - Anthropomorphic frog (1667) in the Latona fountain in the 'gardens' at Versailles,
Best of Rob: June 15 - Riding the escalator in the Atomium (from Expo '58), Brussels
Best of Rob: June 15 - Riding the escalator in the trippy Atomium (from Expo '58), Brussels
Best of Rob: Jun 15 - Riding the escalator in the trippy Atomium (from Expo '58), Brussels