Paris Day 4

Such a big day. Had to be at the bus stop 30 minutes away by 8am! The off to Giverney and Versailles. Our first stop was Monet’s Garden in Giverny. The gardens themselves are beautiful and very well maintained - and you could see many of Monet’s paintings in the scenes that the gardens offered. Then a tour of the house where he lived with 8 children. It had many paintings throughout it and then the normal living parts. A bite of lunch was followed by visiting the on site Impressionist Museum which is currently housing a collections from a Japanese artist (Hiramatsu Reiji) as well as a few of Monet’s. Then back to the bus and off to Versailles. You can see why the people revolted - the gold coated gates open to a huge courtyard surrounded by enormous buildings. Our tour only did one floor of one wing and that took over an hour. Then on to the gardens which were beautiful with lovely fountains. Many steps today!. Bus issues delayed our departure and we had time for a glass of wine and not back to Paris until after 7. Our friend from the bus, Matthew from New Jersey proved to be good company and even caught the Metro back with us after the trip. Found a small bistro for dinner, went home and just collapsed.Read more