View of the South Banlieues from the Eiffel Tower

Paris

August 1st 2009
Giverny As far as I can remember, I always wanted to visit Monet's house. I am a big Monet fan and love his landscape paintings. One of my favourite paintings is of the waterlilies pond in the Japanese gardens of his home. I was very excited seeing the spot where he painted this! I decided to join a tour one afternoon. There were six of us in the minibus and we made our way to Giver ... read more

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Dawn Smallwood

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My name is Dawn and I live Leeds, in the UK. I love travel and travel loves me! A lot has happened since I last blogged! I graduated, did my EFL teacher training, got a new place and now in the process of changing my career. This meant I hardly travelled abroad though I made a trip to Rome in November 2016 which was amazing! I currently don't have any travel plans abroad though I plan to see more of my country from time to time. I hope someday I can travel as much as I used to....as always living in hope! If you would like to follow my travels, please either recommend me or subs... full info

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