Giverny — » Capital Citizenne

A short train ride from Paris, a visit to Claude Monet's home and gardens in Giverny was a lovely way to spend one of my last days of this Paris trip.

There is no photography allowed inside the house, but it was lovely and filled with amazing paintings as well as simple furnishings. I especially loved the kitchen with its vast collection of gleaming copper pots and pans hung on the wall and the beautiful blue Rouen tiles.

The view of the Clos Normand - the flower garden adjacent to the house - from Monet's bedroom. Monet designed both this garden and the Water Garden, which is located just beyond the trees in the background.

After strolling in the beautiful flower gardens, it was time to make my way to the water gardens that served as the subject of Monet's famous Water Lilies paintings.

The water garden was like walking into a painting and I felt a million miles away from anything, which is especially impressive considering it is now adjacent to a roadway (a nice pedestrian tunnel takes visitors from the flower garden to the water garden).