We don’t have “green fingers” but you can’t help but be taken with the gardens which even at this time of the year were a mass of colours and included a quite stunning lily pond which gave Monet the idea for his Grandes Decorations des Nympheas art work which he bequeathed to France - eight compositions make up the work.
A picture tells a thousand words so here goes:
Overlooking the gardens is Monet’s mansion which has been extensively renovated and has recaptured the atmosphere and charm of past times. It is so easy to imagine Monet sitting in his studio, perhaps with pipe in mouth, and putting on canvas what he was seeing out the window.
The visit has been one of the highlights of this holiday.
We left Giverny and drove above Paris to the east side to book into the hotel and return the car - sounds easy but if you have been to CDG airport it is anything but even with the benefit of GPS. After going round in circles we inadvertently got on the right side of the right road to pull into the hotel and after getting our bags into the room we got advice from the bellhop of the way to the car drop off - left out of the hotel, left at the second set of lights, left at the next corner, stay right on the next road, at the roundabout..... and lo and behold we finally got there.
We pulled up, a guy came out and took the mileage, said his colleague would return us to the hotel and went back inside to watch the FIBA semi-final which unfortunately for him France lost - there was no check of the car for any damage which is much as it has been every time we have returned a vehicle.
During the trip we drove 4356 kms at an average speed of 55kms/hr with a fuel economy of 5.4l/100kms.
We paid €183.70 for tolls and an average of €1.42 per litre of diesel.
Kms driven today: 123
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