Giverny

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Leaving our new mooring at Vernon we set off for our reason for choosing this cruise , Monet's house and garden at Giverny.
 After a little confusion about our time of entry, we were at last inside and made our way quickly to visit his house, before the queues started. This proved to be a wise choice as eventually the line to enter was huge. On entering there were  several copies of the artist's work, some not very accurate ones as well. Unfortunately, you had to keep moving but it was interesting to see several rooms and his impressive collection of Japanese prints. A shame you weren't able to see where he actually painted though.

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Leaving the house we wandered through the garden and admired the flowers and displays for a while. It was interesting to compare the present views with the ones Monet painted.

Going through the underpass we arrived at the place we were looking forward to most, the Lilly pond.
This was a magical place and to stand on the famous bridge, when we managed to get a place, was surreal. There was still a boat on the pond, which he painted on a few occasions and the flowers around the edge added to the experience. Going around a couple of times we were able to soak in the atmosphere and capture some memorable images.

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Looking back it was a shame the lilies weren't in flower as we missed this by a couple of weeks, maybe this is an excuse to return in future!
Walking back through the garden and entering the  IGS (Inevitable Gift Shop) we made a couple of purchases before going outside. Fortunately. we had arrived early as the queue to enter stretched all the way down the street.
A memorable experience and another one of our 'to-do' list.