Japanese Bridge and water lilies, Claude Monet

Back in the 1980s, on a school trip I went to the Musée d'Orsay to find it shut. So after all these years, I get to see the famous paintings.

Monet, Monet, Monet, it's a Paris railtour!

April 24th 2007
Easter in Paris We spent Easter in the Paris, for trip which ended up on a bit of a Monet scene, plus the sights, and, yes, the smells* of a railtour to the French capital. {*not really justified in this: there was only one drain that minged in Montmartre!} Having gone north for our last trip, for Easter we set our (metaphoric) compass for south and hit the rails again. After a stop to ... read more

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