Here’s our day at the Louvre. The first full day we were in Paris, we took a walk in between our tour activities and our first sighting of I.M. Pei’s pyramid at the Louvre was the moment we really knew … Continue reading →
Today is the last day of July and, therefore, the last day of Paris in July, hosted by Thyme for Tea and Bookbath. I thought I’d make another post of links to my France posts since they are getting difficult to find. Our trip to … Continue reading →
I put up some of our photos from our visit to the chateau and gardens at Villandry on Wednesday: Villandry, France. I saved the photos related to our lunch and the huge potager for Weekend Cooking today. Our lunch was at … Continue reading →
Our visit to Chateau de Courances (link to the English version of the website) was one of my favorite parts of our garden tour in France. Courances is named for the running water on the property, including many springs. All this … Continue reading →
On the second day of our garden tour, we went to the most famous garden in France — Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny. We were met there by the head gardener, James Priest. This garden inspired Monet’s paintings. Now, Monet’s … Continue reading →
I wrote about the Potager du Roi, the kitchen garden of the king at Versailles, on Monday with photos: Potager du Roi, Versailles, France. But I forgot to mention something that the Weekend Cooking crowd will want to know. What happens … Continue reading →
We met our tour group at Charles De Gaulle Airport outside of Paris. We were touring with the Missouri Botanical Garden, so we easily spotted the director, Peter Wyse Jackson and his wife Diane who were our hosts for the … Continue reading →