On the way home from Turkey, we stopped in Paris to see our gal Yuliya Tsutserova, whom we raised for about 18 years through all her American schooling, including her PhD at the University of Chicago. Now she teaches at the American University in Paris, and at the Sorbonne in the subjects of Philosophy and Art. We had not seen her for several years, partly because of the pandemic. And in the interim, she has had a son, Louis Alexandre. Here’s a shot of them
Besides family visiting, I had not been to Paris in over 30 years, so some site seeing was in order. I’m going to start where we finished on our last day, our one trip out of town— to Giverny to see the country home and gardens of one of the most famous Impressionists— Claude Monet. Luckily, it was the nicest and coolest day of the stay, with a nice breeze, because the previous days had been blisteringly hot— well not quite Turkey’s triple digits but hot and humid in the 90s.
These 3 shots were taken at Giverny. Monet is credited with being the founder of Impressionism as a school of art. He lived a very long life– 1840-1926, and during his time at Giverny he made some of his most famous paintings– including the ones of water lilies. Here is a picture of the house and gardens of Monet—
The house is huge, and the gardens even bigger.
The inside of the house is a picture in time– of the late 19th early 20th century country house.
Yes they had their own chickens, and still do.
In our next posts we will explore the gardens at Giverny.
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