Saturday 20220402 More Monet’s house (9 photos)

Upstairs to bedrooms, downstairs to dining and kitchen, colorful!

Saturday 20220402 Monet’s house (6 photos)

We enter, see living area first, and view garden from a window.

Saturday 20220402 Monet gardens at his house (9 photos)

Overwhelming! Story is that Monet put in this garden after he had made money from his art.

Saturday 20220402 More Monet pond (8 photos)

More flowers at the pond!

Saturday 20220402 Monet pond (8 photos)

So many enchanting views, photo ops, difficult edits, tourists photo bombing, etc.! Our wonderful guide, so patient, knowledgeable, enthusiastic! Fortunately, gardens just opened a week ago and gardeners are outstanding
but unfortunately, not the season for water lilies.

Saturday 20220402 Giverny for a Monet afternoon (6 photos)

One more thing about lunch, Jim had a banana split for dessert.

From the dock in Giverny, bus takes to Monet's Gardens. Along the way, we see a church and ancient walls and then a marina. Onward to the gardens where I hoped to see the Monet/Rothko exposition, but alas, not enough time. So prepare to see flowers.

Saturday 20220402 Lunch (6 photos)

After meandering through the potager again, we go to the ship for lunch: broccoli soup and pappardelle for me, salmon for Jim. As the ship continues our journey, we see swans and residences through the window.