Rouen & Giverny

Today was my program's day trip to Rouen & Giverny!

Rouen is well known for two main reasons:  Joan of Arc was burned at the stake here, and Monet completed a series of paintings of the cathedral, examining the light at different times of the day.

Here is where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake:

This is the cathedral.

Next we went to Giverny, which is where Monet lived and the home of his gardens, the japanese bridge, and of course, the water lilies pond.  It was absolutely beautiful!  

More photos to come soon!  Overall I LOVED Giverny- it was beautiful, peaceful, and the perfect culmination to what has felt like two weeks of Monet, including 2 museums, Rouen, and then Giverny.  Rouen was less exciting but definitely beautiful-- all I know is that by the end of this adventure I'll have had my fill of cathedrals for a very, very long time.  

When we got back from the day trip, two friends and I went to see Monsters vs. Aliens in French.  I was quite nervous that I'd get totally lost but I actually understood most of it!  What I couldn't understand was pretty easy to figure out from the on screen action.  It was very cute and funny and I will have to see it in English now because there are a ton of famous people in it!  I am definitely going to have to see a few more movies in French before I go!