We went to Reggio de Caserta. It is the Royal Palace of Caserta, the biggest Palace in Italy. It is modeled after the Palace of Versailles. It was huge. The girls could not stop snapping pictures. We walked through the Palace out the back to its enormous gardens. They make Norfolk Botanical Gardens look small. We walled all the way to the end of the gardens where there was a towering waterfall. There were two big statues at the end of the waterfall. There was a god who was taking a bath given by her servants. The other was a hunter, who saw the god bathing, and was turned into a deer. Being turned into a deer, made his dogs attack. The girls really liked the story. Their other favorite was of the sea dragons. We took a bus back to the Palace since it was so hot, so we could look around the inside. The marble in this place was just amazing. The colors and textures in the stones were like nothing we had ever seen. The staircase to get inside the apartment, as it was called, was so grand. The girls thought it was fun because the marble was so smooth they could slip and slide in their shoes. The girls had such fun taking pictures as we explored each of the rooms. They could not believe anyone could have so much money to have such a big house. The detail in each room was just incredible. We had a great time searching the ground. Our friends told us later, that the lions that greeted us on the staircase, to the apartments, were used in one of the newer Star Wars Movies.
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