Getting to these ruins is not for the faint of heart, it was quite a climb up as well as down.
--yes, I made it down without injury!
-Here I am in one of the original "windows"
-this is the view of the Seine River...this is the same river that runs through Paris.
After we safely made our way back to the car, we headed to Giverny. Giverny is a delightful village that Claude Monet had his home and garden. Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionist painting. He lived in this pink and green house and maintained beautiful gardens, including a large water garden. (that was not blooming at this time, so there are no pictures of the water garden).
This is a view of the garden from the house.
After a lovely walk around this beautiful garden with all its blooming tulips (and other flowers I don't know the names of), we finally headed to Rouen, France. Rouen is the capital of Normandy and of the Vikings. Our hotel is amazing. It is called the Hotel De Bourgtheroulde. It was originally built for the Le Roux family between 1499 and 1532 as a private hotel for the family. It was almost completely destroyed in 1944 during the war. The tower has been rebuilt and and many of the sculptures have been restored.
-the Outside of the hotel
-This is the courtyard of the hotel.
-This is the view of the courtyard and city from our room. You can see the spire of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Rouen in the skyline.
As we walked around Rouen while waiting for the dinner hour, we found this wonderful city center with this beautiful "Great Clock"
We continued our walk and found the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Rouen. Another feat of Gothic architecture.
-Remember Richard the Lion Hearted from the Ruins at the top of this blog?? Here is his tomb!
Because we had such a small lunch, we decided to go out for a nice dinner. Many restaurants in France offer "menus" which means you choose a starter and a main course or a starter, main course and dessert for one price. Tonight we did starters and main course. Before the main course, an "amuse-bouche" comes out. This is a single bite-sized hor d'oeuvre, to prepare you for your meal.
-our amuse-bouche was a piece of duck on top of some yummy puree of something...I'm not sure what, but I ate it all!
-This was my appetizer. Langoustine are like baby lobsters. Thanks to Connor, I found out that the meat in their taisl and claws is delicious.
-I had duck breast with veggies and pureed potatoes. I really like duck and this was very good.
Bonsoir (Good evening)
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