Trip with F's on a BP. Firsts, family, Food and Fun.

[drron]

For breakfast we mostly went to the Arts cafe and had a pastry or savory baguette, bagel or focaccia. That first morning we steamed out of Southampton on a sea day. The wind certainly was very brisk so tendering would have been very difficult.






Past the Isle of Wight.


And Osborne house.








Then time for lunch.




I had the Penne pasta and Mrsdrron the ribs. Both good.

 

[drron]

Our second night's dinner.




W e both started with the beef tartare. Different from previous cruises.




I then had the lobster bisque. just OK.


Mrsdrron had the lobster. A tiny tail.


And I had the filet of beef. Very nice.




In the morning we awoke in the Port of Rouen.

 

[drron]

We went on an excursion which started at the cathedral, a lunch and after to Monet's Garden.
The Cathedral -Notre Dame de L'Assomption de Rouen has a long and somewhat turbulent history. It was from 1876 to 1882 the tallest building in the world.

Rouen Cathedral - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So my pictures.

 

[drron]

And we move inside. Impressive.































Now I have always looked up in historic buildings. However I found out this dat that those days are gone. If I look straight up I would end up on my ack. The only way I can do it now is sitting on a chair.

 

[RooFlyer]

Now I have always looked up in historic buildings. However I found out this dat that those days are gone. If I look straight up I would end up on my ack. The only way I can do it now is sitting on a chair.

with an iPhone, and I imagine most phones, you can switch to the backwards facing camera i.e. towards your face and hold the camera out in front of you. Actually easier to get a properly centred photo if you’re looking for that type of thing.

 

[drron]

The Cathedral continued.






















The coffin of Richard 1. Only his heart remains here.

 

[drron]

Now we move outside.




The archbishops palace.

 

[drron]

We then walked down a pedestrian street with shops food outlets and old buildings.












And looking back.










We then got to the markets.

 

[drron]

More of the walk.




























And the restaurant where we then had lunch. definitely a tourist place but at least it had a history- Restaurant La Couronne where Julia Child had her first French meal.

https://www.tastewiththeeyes.com/2012/08/her-first-meal-in-france-cookforjulia/

The bears appeared during the Covid lockdown.

 

[drron]

Once inside the restaurant the view ffrom my seat.






And our meal. A chicken dish and mille feuille. Nice but certainly not memorable.




The back to the bus and follow the Sine.

 

[drron]

We came all this way to see a somewhat overgrown late summer garden that an artist who dies just short of 99 years ago painted.


As we arrived the lines to go through Monet's house disappeared so we went through the house first.








Views from the house.