More friends !

After the Lalique exhibition , which was just gorgeous, our next outing was to Giverny. Coachloads of people turn up but the garden is so arranged with no open vistas, that they disappear after a while.
The water garden used to be separated from the main garden by a railway line but this is now a road and an underpass gives access.
Every season produces eye-watering displays. We arrived just as the lilacs and tulips were waning and the irises and roses were blooming. The nasturtium alley in October stops you in your tracks.

Our next day out was to Auvers-sur-Oise, where van Gogh painted like crazy just before he shot himself.
This is THE wheatfield - minus crows.

We stopped off here for a swift half.
Absinthe was not a good thing.

After being caught in a deluge, we sheltered in here to dry out and decide what to do. Good job Steve checked the opening hours of the van Gogh museum !
This café commemorates Kirk van Douglas, who was giving Vicky the eye all the time we were there.