It's hard to overstate how beautiful Monet's house and gardens are in Giverny. Our second great adventure with Natalie this weekend was made possible by my good friend and colleague, Carmel, who suggested the trip to Giverny at the invitation of her artist friend, Bill Welch. Bill is an American artist who spends a few months each year painting in France, and was opening a temporary exhibit that afternoon in Giverny - which is the tiny town 50 miles west of Paris that is best known as the location of Claude Monet's house and garden. I am sure that the photos here are not going to do the place justice. Monet was not only the founder of French Impressionist painting, he was an avid gardener. I'm not entirely sure how Monet would feel about the mad cacophony of flowers and trees (and tourists) exploding in the garden at this time of year. But to me, it was magical. Not to forget the reason for our visit, we had lunch in town with Bill and got a private tour of his exhibit. If only I had a spare 600 euros laying around, we would have left with one of his beautiful paintings ;) We had one more stop to make before we called it a day - a visit to the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris to see eight of Monet's huge murals of water lilies; the inspiration for which we spent the morning in admiration.
1 Comment
Jean Francois
5/1/2015 05:56:26 pm
Love you love you love your pictures thank you for taking me on a tour
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorBecause why not get married and move to Paris to really kick off your thirties? Archives
December 2016
|