Continuing our European cruise, our next stop was the pretty port of Honfleur in northern France's Normandy region.
Daughter L and her husband did the Normandy and D-Day landings excursion. It was very moving for them.
Husband M's sisters chose to do a Paris on their own excursion where they did a Seine boat ride. M and I did a tour of Monet's Giverny. Son K stayed on the ship. He said he attended a 'meet the crew' event there that he enjoyed.
These are my photos of our Giverny excursion. It was a few hours drive to Giverny. We did enjoy the drive through France. We stopped off for a delicious farm to table lunch at a farm. We had a chance to talk to some of the other cruise passengers. There was a young woman sitting at our table travelling with her sister. It seems her husband had a video game startup company that has done well, it enabled her to retire, and thus to afford to travel in style.
The Giverny Monet museum was so crowded, it didn't help that it was a Saturday. We waited a long time to enter his pink house and it was a slow walk through the lovely gardens.
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| farm to table meal |
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| our farm to table dining area |
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| Giverny lily pond |
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| Giverny |
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| Giverny pink house |
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| Inside the Pink House |
To be continued.
18 comments:
That little pond looks so relaxing. Love farm to table dinner.
Oh, what a wonderful trip you've had!
So many lovely views. Oh, and great food too. Such a wonderful post. Thanks so muchđź’•❣️đź’•❣️
Awesome to learn more about the trip. So much to do. And looks like some great time for foodies, as well! Thanks so much!
Fun seeing these. I've been to Paris, but Giverny and Normandy are high on my to do list, one of these days. Thanks for sharing.
your stop and excursion seemed to went great dear Christine :)
how nice to eat on farm and talk to two sister fellow passengers .
the pink house looks cozy and pretty inside
Wow, what an amazing trip! To visit Giverny must be such a dream...
So beautiful.
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That looks like a wonderful trip.
A shame the museum was so crowded, but I do like the photographs you've shared here.
All the best Jan
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That's the choice I would have made. No wonder it was crowded. ❤️
Interesting how you travel together and do different things - clever. And fun and yum.
How interesting that you were in Honfleur. I only live a couple of hours away!
Julia x
I would have loved this. Thanks for the tour :)
it is a really pretty area
Good grief! I can't believe you did all this on one cruise.
I have always said I am geographically challenged, so I was glad you explained Honfleur was in the south of France.
It's amazing that you have so many choices of side trips while on land. I enjoyed your trip to Monet's Giverny. I would also like to see the D Day beaches of Normandy.
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