I've Bean Travelling

Following our day in Versailles, we planned another day trip out of Paris — this time to the village of Giverny.

Located 80 kilometres northwest of Paris, in the region of Normandy, Giverny is best known for being the home of artist Claude Monet, where he resided from 1883–1926. A number of his renowned paintings featured his house and garden in Giverny, including the famous water lily pond.

To get to Giverny, we took the regional TER train to Vernon-Giverny station. Upon arrival in the village of Vernon, we caught the SN Go! shuttle bus which runs from April to November. The bus pick up was right outside the Vernon station exit and cost us 10 euros for a return trip.

I had pre-purchased our tickets to Monet’s House for timed entry at 11:30 am. We started with a walk around the outside to admire the beautiful garden filled with spring blooms.

Then we entered the house which has been preserved as a museum and displays several of his works.

Next was a stroll around the famed water lily pond.

It took me forever to get a photo of the Japanese bridge without anyone on it.

We ended up spending a couple hours wandering around. I picked up a print and magnet from the souvenir shop and then we had a quick lunch before catching the shuttle to Vernon. Frustratingly we missed the express train so it took us quite a lot longer to return to Paris from Vernon.

We were tired when we got back so just ordered room service from our hotel for dinner and had a lazy night in. We had our final day in Paris coming up next and then we would be off to cross the Chunnel to London.