Paris Thursday October 4th.
As we had bought two-day tickets for the L’OpenTour bus we walked to Gare du Nord and found a few seats vacant on the top. Much cooler today and I had regrettably not put my favourite blue jumper on, so eventually I went down below to get warm. Left the bus at the Musee d’Orsay .We had a lot to get through as we had booked our tickets to catch the tour bus out to visit Monet’s home at Giverny.
To see all the great impressionists paintings was a great thrill for us all. Marisa was very excited as part of her lessons she discusses them with her students and now had the chance to see the originals. We knew we had to be selective so we studied the map of the museum and picked out the floors to had to pass through. In the three hours we had, we did very well and even made sure we had time to visit the shop. Pleased to say that I felt I had enough room to fit one more book into my bag. How Marisa is going to find room for hers is something I’ll be interested to see as she is definitely over packed on her own admission.
On a tight schedule we had only enough time to walk back over the Pont Royal to the bus terminal and for lunch a ham & cheese baguette.
A luxury coach ride out of the Ilde de France district and just into Vernon in the Normandy district and then Giverny.
Monet’s home has been restored to its original condition after many years of neglect by his family and then a great deal of money being invested by some very wealthy Americans and admirers of Monet’s work. The gardens and ponds, though not in full bloom this time of the year, was all still very impressive, as was the house and studio.
We ran out of time to visit the American Museum of some of the artists who had visited and worked at Giverny as the bus had to leave for the run back to Paris. Much traffic but without the worry of knowing which way to go and managing the way Parisian drive the journey home was a pleasure. Along the way as we went into one of the many under passes in Paris our guide pointed out the concrete columns, which still showed the damage, where Diana died 10 years ago and now the subject of another inquiry in London.
Back at the bus terminus, Marisa guided us back to the Metro station and our way back home.
What a day! We looked for somewhere to eat close by so we could once again get back to the hotel and rest our weary feet and legs as we had another busy day planned before we had to catch the train back to Les Toulerons.
As we had bought two-day tickets for the L’OpenTour bus we walked to Gare du Nord and found a few seats vacant on the top. Much cooler today and I had regrettably not put my favourite blue jumper on, so eventually I went down below to get warm. Left the bus at the Musee d’Orsay .We had a lot to get through as we had booked our tickets to catch the tour bus out to visit Monet’s home at Giverny.
To see all the great impressionists paintings was a great thrill for us all. Marisa was very excited as part of her lessons she discusses them with her students and now had the chance to see the originals. We knew we had to be selective so we studied the map of the museum and picked out the floors to had to pass through. In the three hours we had, we did very well and even made sure we had time to visit the shop. Pleased to say that I felt I had enough room to fit one more book into my bag. How Marisa is going to find room for hers is something I’ll be interested to see as she is definitely over packed on her own admission.
On a tight schedule we had only enough time to walk back over the Pont Royal to the bus terminal and for lunch a ham & cheese baguette.
A luxury coach ride out of the Ilde de France district and just into Vernon in the Normandy district and then Giverny.
Monet’s home has been restored to its original condition after many years of neglect by his family and then a great deal of money being invested by some very wealthy Americans and admirers of Monet’s work. The gardens and ponds, though not in full bloom this time of the year, was all still very impressive, as was the house and studio.
We ran out of time to visit the American Museum of some of the artists who had visited and worked at Giverny as the bus had to leave for the run back to Paris. Much traffic but without the worry of knowing which way to go and managing the way Parisian drive the journey home was a pleasure. Along the way as we went into one of the many under passes in Paris our guide pointed out the concrete columns, which still showed the damage, where Diana died 10 years ago and now the subject of another inquiry in London.
Back at the bus terminus, Marisa guided us back to the Metro station and our way back home.
What a day! We looked for somewhere to eat close by so we could once again get back to the hotel and rest our weary feet and legs as we had another busy day planned before we had to catch the train back to Les Toulerons.
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