Picked up our nice little red Peugeot & headed for Giverny - home of the Claude Monet maison (home) & gardens. A hot & humid day as we wandered the beautiful streets of Giverny visiting shops & 'galeries d'art'. The gardens & house were stunning even though not at their peak at this time of year.
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| Monet Gardens |
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| Monet Gardens |
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| Monet Maison |
After a pre dinner stroll around town to visit more galleries & check out the beautiful old buildings, we enjoyed delicious Canard Confit & Tartine au Fromage de Brebis in the gardens of the beautiful Ancien Hotel Baudy. We then retired to our 500 year old B&B - Les Rouges Gorges - very quaint.
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| Our B&B terrace |
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| Enjoying dinner at Giverny |
Next morning we headed to Vernon on the Seine. Another quaint town with a picturesque old mill sitting above the water. Then through fenceless farmland & undulating forest roads to Les Andelys & the ruins of Chateau Gaillard. Next stop the magnificent little village of Lyons la Foret set in a picturesque valley & then on to the city of Rouen as the rain set in.
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| Old mill at Vernon |
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| From Chateau Gaillard at Les Andelys |
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| Lyons la Foret |
Rouen is a bustling & busy city of some 500,000 people & heaps of history. Joan of Arc was tried & burnt at the stake in the city centre. A most unusual church now stands in the spot - the church of Saint Joan of Arc. Joan was an amazing young woman having led French troups to many victories over the English in the 100 years war before her death at 19 years old.
Other highlights are the Gothic Rouen Cathedral, the river Seine & the many beautiful old buildings & narrow lanes.
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| Rouen |
Travel safe. Maybe one day I'll get to Giverny - need to find a way to include it with a trip in the MG!
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