Report from Versailles: Pain au chocolat to peanut butter toast

Vonda on Chapel Balcony

By Vonda N. McIntyre

Monday. The chateau de Versailles is closed to the public on Monday, so the production of The Moon and the Sun had permission to film inside during the day. It was the last day of filming in France. Tomorrow, the production would head to Melbourne for studio work, and I would head home to Seattle.

A lot was going on and I, a visitor, wanted to stay out of the way. I found myself on the King’s Balcony, above the Chapel where most of the filming was goi...