Doggie Walk: Velvet Toilet Bowls...

Still on the guided tour, we were brought around to several rooms...

Possibly one of the first most accurate clocks! I think it was King Louis the XV or XVI that was facinated with science. It was deliberately build transparent behind and place in front of the mirror so you can see the mechanics. The King would sit in front of it for hours decribing how it works to his guests.

The top globe thingy is the revolving planets! One of the few that represented that the earth revolved around the sun...remember in the past they think it's the other way around?

The Rollo-top desk used by the King to do work. With the turn of ONE lock, all the drawers of the table will be secured! One of the first and only unique one to be designed with those carvings..and heaven help me, I can't remember the name of the creator..but he was 'The Man' for rollotop desks, like Bill gates is to computers!....

It also reminds me of the National Treasure II movie of the table with secret compartments!

Yesh..you guess it -- TOILET!....i could sit here all day reading my book...haha...

Royal family dining table. Surprisingly simple... though i think not original

Gambling/poker room!! A great way to get back the $$ you gave out as salaries eh?

During the french revolution, much furniture was taken and sold. To this day, they are still seeking to find the and try to buy them back. I asked how would they know exactly which piece of furniture was place in which room?! Seems the palace kept good decriptions/ records of what furniture was in what room and detailed them to the design and material.

Some of what you see here are replicas, till the real thing was found...

The curtains for all the rooms are remade and not original, as they were burned in the revolution. But they were specially remade by the same producer who provided the originals. Yep, the company is still running to this day!

(Above) the blonde lady in red was our guide, and she was a fierce one..haha...but she's good lah...just need a slight bit of tact...hehehe...

Paintings were taken and stored ironically to be protected at the Lourve during the revolution..but is now forever the property of the museum.

Okies...we had to go explore the rest of the palace on our own -- so it was back to getting audio headsets. (that looked like it was available in 10 languages?!..wah....)

We walked past the Royal Chapel again, where the royal family would sit to attend mass. =) There was someone playing on the organ!!! So rare!!!

Poor ge tried to record it on video but only got 5 seconds worth coz her SD card ran out of memory...argh!!!....and guess what...by the time she swtiched to a new card and turned on her camera again -- the guy stopped playing!!!!! --- ARGHHHHHH!!!!!

Ge muttered in despair that this always harpoons to her...hahaha... I blinked in both unbelief and amusement....hahaha...then i said in encouragement..."You know...maybe he'll play another piece eh?"...he never did...OH WELL...get to hear some organ better than none eh? =)

First room we stepped in had another HUGE Jeff Koonz sculpture splat right in the middel of the room --- Balloon DOG! hahahaha....

Hahaha...I had a stunned feeling on the inside. It was just so glaringly out of place.

Amongst the elaborate artistry, furniture and crafted/ painted ceilings...

But it jsut grew on me in a few minutes because it's such a pretty colour and CUTE...heee...and it looked like a giant toy again...

How big?? -- It was one and a half times of my Height?

Well, the balloon dog was detailed too...right down to it's balloonish nose...heee...I couldn't help but wanna take a pic with it!