Yesterday was Sunday and we did the trip to Versailles to see where the Peace Treaty was signed. Leaving the hotel by car at 11am we went out through Champs Elysées and Bois de Boulogne to St Cloud and then on the our destination. It is a wonderful Palace built in the reign of Louis XIV and improved through the reigns of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. All (or nearly all) their furniture is still there and to be seen on payment of endless tips to guides who explain them. The gardens are the finest in the world I suppose must look the goods in spring and summer time.

Yesterday the lakes and fountains were encrusted in thin ice and the trees were bare of course. From there we went on to the Grand Trianon which was a smaller palace built by Louis XVI and he later built the Petit Trianon for Marie's own use. She in turn built a model village where she played houses and had her own model dairy farm etc. It is still all there and we saw through everything returning to the pub about 4.30.

Last night I did not go out at all and retired early.