A Day in Giverny

Our day in Giverny to visit Claude Monet's

Maison & Jardins
last October
was unforgettable...
(I wasn't blogging then,
so I want to share with you now).
My husband & I
rode the train from Paris
to a very small town, Vernon.
We then rode a bus to Giverny,
consisting of only a few steets,
a hotel, a couple of cafes, a church, a graveyard,
a huge koi fish pond, a bridge, gardens & a few homes.

Happy me on the steps of
Claude Monet's charming Maison
Loving
the original pink and green
color combination
&
walls covered in ivy~
It is amazing, authentic
&
So Beautiful~

My sweet husband Larry, standing on
Monet's Japanese garden bridge
overlooking the koi fish~
Monet
painted on canvas...
A famous landmark to visit.

Monet's boat...

A surreal image of the weeping willows on
the pond...

Very old wavy glass windows
on this door in
Hotel Baudy is the
entry to the cafe!

This is the Hotel Baudy cafe where we ate.
We met an American woman sitting next to us
whom recently purchased a home in Giverny.
It wasn't just a home, it was the home
of her Grandmother~
When her Grandmother passed away,
years ago,
it had been sold out of her family.
One day she got a call that it went up For Sale.
She was very excited to be in a position
to purchase it!!
It was a real accomplishment & dream come true for her.
She has many beautiful memories here.
She told us a story that
when she was a little girl,
The family of Claude Monet invited them
to the Monet Masion for tea & cookies.
This was in the early 1940's.
She remembered being very small and
meeting Claude Monet's son & his family...
(Claude passed away in 1926)
she can still recall his painting room,
his paintings,
the vibrant colors and the smell
of the oil paints...
Can You Imagine?

Rue de Claude Monet...

Me smiling..

Our Goldfish pond at home,
inspired by Claude Monet~
xox's