Monet's Paradise

Giverny, France is as lovely as ever.  It is the only place I have ever been where it is impossible to take a bad picture.  Every where you look is a new discovery 0f natural beauty. The house is very quaint and the color palette is very much in the tones that Monet is famous for.  I was surprised to find that he had a large collection of Japanese block prints that were some of the origins of what influenced his work.  The house has Japanese prints hanging in almost every room.  The pond and Japanese bridge was an amazing place.  All of the summer flowers are in bloom and the bamboo forest was huge.  There were many tourists exploring the grounds and some small French pre-schoolers. It made for an exciting time dodging other people trying to get yet another picture of the gardens.   David and I had lunch at a old hotel just a few meters from Monet's home where he use to go and eat once in a while.  Another welcome surprise was locating where Monet was buried.  His family plot was just beyond the hotel on the grounds of the local church.