Our arrival in Paris brought two unwelcome factors that many visitors to Paris know well: crowds and heat. Giverny was no exception. The home and gardens were beautiful but it was a bit difficult to soak in the experience when faced with a sea of hot humanity. Nevertheless, it was beautiful and the water garden and lilies were a particular highlight.
Later that evening we headed into the city. We headed to downtown and visited Notre Dame. Once again, there were significant crowds. Of all unbelievable coincidences, Jonathan ran into some friends from the Cleveland legal community. How two random acquaintances from Cleveland could run into each other at Notre Dame de Paris was incomprehensible to us all! They also were vacationing.
We then went to a Creperie and enjoyed crepes before a beautiful stroll in Paris and the trip back to Neal and Janie's.
One unfortunate note... Poor Amelia has been handling this trip with a stress fracture to her navicular. Just yesterday it really began to bother her. She has been getting around with an orthopedic boot which is hot and uncomfortable and even that is not helping her discomfort too much. We are hoping that things won't be too awful for her as we walk all over Paris.
Tell Amelia I feel her pain! It is frustrating to be on an active vacation and not be able to get around as usual! I'll be thinking about her!!
ReplyDeleteThe coincidences that you're encountering and the genealogy discovering (if I followed correctly, was it your foreign exchange student's grandfather who was a distant cousin of your Father-in-law?? That's incredible!!! and shows what a small world it truly is!!! I feel so bad for Amelia!! Remember when I had to wear that boot when I first started working at RV? What a pain!! (figuratively AND literally!!)
ReplyDeleteAnd it HAD to be amazing to see the actual gardens and water lilies!! Looks JUST LIKE his painting!!!
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