Showing posts with label Claude Monet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Claude Monet. Show all posts

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Back from Brittany

We're back from a week in Brittany, in the land of menhirs, dolmens and crèpes! 

I'll start here by a few words about our trip to Belle Ile. This island is a 45 minutes boat trip from Quiberon. Belle Ile is gorgeous, it's rugged landscapes captivate the eyes. Our trip to Belle Ile was on the 21st of April, we reserved a ferry+bus tour through Les Cars Verts agency. Didier our guide was very friendly and told us a few stories about the island. The tour included a visit of a biscuit factory... that was tasteful! I'll talk about crèpes and biscuits in another post :)

Here are a few shots of "Les Aiguilles de Port Coton" which has inspired Claude Monet... and a map of Belle Ile.




Monday, January 24, 2011

Monet Exhibit 2010

Monet exhibit 2010 opened at the Grand Palais, Paris, in September 2010... last chance to see the exhibit is tonight! Claude Monet (1840-1926) has painted for some 60 years. One can go on a virtual visit of his works on the website created on this occasion "Monet2010". These are two screen captures of the website... The site can be visited in English, Spanish etc.