August 7, 2007

Monet's Giverny

On Tuesday, we went on a day trip to Giverny, where Monet lived and painted from 1883 until his death in 1926. Our train didn't leave until noon, so we took our time and relaxed in the morning.

This is the art installation outside the train station. Note that all of the clocks have different times. Pretty ironic for a train station.

Tyler and the clocks

Our train left from the Saint-Lazare train station. We thought that was appropriate because Monet painted it several times.

Gare Saint-Lazare

Here is the painting of the Saint-Lazare train station that is in the Orsay Museum in Paris.

Monet's Saint-Lazare

We arrived in Vernon 45 minutes after we departed Paris. From there we took a bus to Giverny. The train and bus schedules are coordinated to accommodate visits to Giverny.

We were a little disappointed by the weather. All morning it was beautiful and sunny. After we bought our tickets and went into the gardens, the sky turned overcast. It did make the temperature very comfortable though. We even had some light rain but fortunately it didn't last long.

Monet's garden

We were able to tour Monet's house. Brooke really liked it because it is pink.

Monet's house

Family in garden

Our favorite part of the visit was wandering around the water lily pond.

Water lilies

Kids in garden

Brooke on path

Posted by sjbowden at August 7, 2007 10:53 PM