We’re still on the Monet trail, currently at Etretat. It’s a popular little town on the coast, mainly known for its cliffs and sea arches – as above.
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Chez Monet
We drove from Chartres to les Andelys today, via Giverny and a wander round Claude Monet’s garden. The house is very fine, the sort of place we could actually live in, especially with the huge collection of Japanese prints on the walls. The Monet copies in the studio/sitting room were a little less impressive.
Loire Valley
We went to Chenonceau today – one of the jewels of the Loire Valley! This is what it looked like:-
I don’t think even my Photoshop skills can do a lot with it
Belle Ile and Beyond
We took our trip to Belle Ile and had a coach tour – taking the van would have been VERY expensive. We had a good run around the island; above is Les Aiguilles de Port Coton.
At last, a blog post…..
The weather has mostly been very good, just a couple of days of rain so far. It’s a good excuse to sit in the van and do nothing!
We have been testing out the under 3 Euro wines, (reds) and have to say they are very drinkable, much better than the French wines we got for 6 Pounds from Morrisons! We have decided to stock up before we leave France, with enough to last the rest of our trip.
The French seem to be not very adventurous eaters, there isn’t anything like the selection in their supermarkets that we have in UK and NZ. They just seem to eat French food.
We have been getting into the crepes and galettes. I have bought a cook book so that when I get home, I can make some. We like the one with cheese, ham and fried egg!
I’m not that keen on the unisex toilets and showers you get on a lot of camp sites, and Colin thinks the urinals, or pissoirs as they call them, were designed by exhibitionist men or voyeuristic women. It’s very odd to be walking along and just glance around, and there’s some man….
There are not a lot of medium sized dogs here. There are lots of very small ones, often kept in pairs, and a few very large hairy ones. Not many labs, lots of poodles.