by Jane Canapini | Nov 6, 2024 | France
I really wasn’t prepared for my reaction when I first saw the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Henk and I had been travelling through Normandy, as part of the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, following in the footsteps of artists like Claude Monet, and visiting places like Giverny, Rouen and Honfleur, where painters were inspired to change the way the world looked at art.
So on an impulse, we decided to stop by to see the World War I Canadian memorial there, since we were ‘in the neighbourhood’…
by Jane Canapini | Nov 4, 2024 | France
For visitors to Rouen, France, there’s no end to the list of beautiful sites and storied attractions waiting to be experienced in this picturesque capital of Normandy, located about two hours from Paris.
by Jane Canapini | Oct 9, 2024 | France
It it weren’t for Claude Monet, or perhaps more specifically Monet’s garden, Giverny might still be the sleepy little village in Normandy that it was before the famous Impressionist moved here in 1883. But Monet’s residency here has put this place on...
by Jane Canapini | Oct 7, 2015 | Art, Egypt, France, Grownup Thoughts
I have never been to either the Lascaux caves or the Chauvet caves in France. And apparently, I never will. Discovered more than 50 years apart, in 1940 and 1994 respectively, these two caves have several very important things in common: both are sacred, ancient sites...
