A
goodnight’s sleep last night after a delicious meal in the hotel restaurant. Breakfast this morning was typical French and
excellent. We set off along the
backroads bordering the Seine towards Giverny on the way to Monet’s Garden
following the directions suggested by the friendly hotel proprietor and
chef. It wasn’t long before we spotted
orchids so we pulled up and out came the camera. Pyramidal and some superb lady orchids were
easy to identify, but a couple of others are going to need some more work. An excellent start though. Although heavily overcast it had dried up and
was not as bad as forecast, in fact not bad at all for photographing
gardens. We quickly reached Giverny and
Sally Sat Nav blotted her copybook by taking us through pedestrian only roads
to get to the car park. We very much
enjoyed looking round Monet’s garden and house despite there being a lot of
people there – I suppose it was a Sunday.
I was impressed with the size of his studio, now the gift shop. The water Lilly lake was rather special, like
the rest of the garden it was amazing to think that it had been designed and
created by the man himself and has been loving restored. On our way back to the hotel we made a detour
to photograph Chateau Galliard which towers over the village where we are
staying. It was built by Richard the
Lionheart as a defence against the French!!!
We arrived back just as the heavens opened and are enjoying a lazy
evening ready for a day of travelling tomorrow.
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