On Sunday, we went woke up docked in Vernon, France. A bus took us to Giverny to tour Monet's home and gardens. This is something I have ALWAYS wanted to see!
That's his beautiful home in the background (he bought this in 1883)
Lots of his paintings displayed on the walls
I loved the copper pots displayed in the kitchen
The flowers in the garden were breathtaking
Gardeners trained these branches to form perfect "Ts" to create a fence like border
Seth and I on the tour
Water lilies! You can barely make out the famous bridge featured in many of his paintings
chickens
We took a short walk to view his grave
When we returned to the ship, we took a nice (read: long and hot) walk with Brenda through Vernon. There wasn't a whole lot to see but we did walk to Chateau de Bizy.
We didn't tour the inside, but here's an iPhone photo from the visitor area window
Night view on top of the boat
On Monday morning I woke up and did a killer leg workout with another lady on the ship. When we were finished the ship was barely clearing this bridge! We arrived in Rouen that morning.
We did a walking tour of the city. The original half timbered buildings have the dates built on them
Notre Dame (in Rouen)- it's older and bigger than Notre Dame in Paris.
Beatiful stairway
Seth with Saint Thomas
This is where Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake (there's a memorial in the town centre)
Astronomical clock built in 14th Century
They had some great shops and Seth actually shopped with me (a rarity)
He *may have* only shopped with me because he loves eclairs. The pastry shops in Europe make my mouth water! Seth bought several eclairs on this trip :)
Notre Dame does a light show every night at 10 pm on the face of the cathedral
I have never seen anything like this, and I bet that other buildings start doing this. It was AMAZING!
There were two 15 minute shows - one is about Joan of Arc and the other was the Viking Invasion
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