I'm baaaack...wow! it has been a very long time since I have shared here...sorry! The past month-plus has been very busy...very fun...lots of classes, getting ready for The Big Trip, then The Big Trip, and finally catching up after The Big Trip. AND The Big Trip was wonderful! For those of you that don't know, my dear hubby took me to Europe...woohoo! I had never been before and what a treat it was...AND part of the fun was that it included a Viking River Cruise (you know, the ones you see advertised on PBS)...okay, so I will just say that it was the best...I highly recommend it. We took the cruise that traveled from Paris up the Seine River and then back to Paris...did I say wonderful?!? We saw and learned so much that we would have never been able to see on our own. I could write pages and pages but I am not going to do that...whew! Right! :) Instead I will share a few pictures of just a bit of what we saw...
Our ship...(just a small portion...where we boarded...it was too big to get in one photo)
Everything we saw was beautiful...a visual feast...
Monet's garden and studio...incredible to be there...THE lily ponds...
The cathedral in Rouen that Monet painted 28+/- times at different times of day...
...and the window across the street from which he painted the cathedral...
Rouen is alson the village where Joan of Arc was tried and burned at the stake...
a bit of shopping...for art supplies, of course!
Mark on Omaha Beach in Normandy...
Amazing art at the Louvre...
Crazy opulence at Versailles...
...more art...
A super fun O-L-D art store in Paris...
That was France. And then to London...
Look what we found!
Another museum...
That is just a peak...yep, yep, yep it was an amazing trip! Part of the fun was that my art-heart got all filled up! (Could you tell from the pics?) :) I am so very thankful for the opportunity and blessing that this trip was.
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