We all love and often prefer to be at home. Faced with the familiar, we feel more comfortable. Set routines dominate day to day life. We create our own natural rhythms of how to start, spend and end each day. We enjoy the easy life. Even so, too much of a good thing can become a bore.
No chance of boredom out on the road with Beastie & Co. There’s always places to go, people to see – as they say. Today we do something unusual. We revisit the familiar. Stop off at Claude Monet’s superb maison et jardins. We were last here when still newby MOHOmers. At the end of our very first French trip in 2017. Then, we were legging it back home. Having to cut short our allotted days. Mr S had put his knee out playing table-tennis on uneven ground at Sarlat. Became a hero for the day and hobbled around like a ‘gud’un’.
Therefore, today’s long walk from the car park and through the village was slightly more comfortable and enjoyable.
One thing that can never become a bore – a garden packed to the brim with flowers. Seasons always bringing a change prevent that. We can understand Monet’s love of this place and why his paintings are iconic. Who wouldn’t enjoy living at ‘home sweet home’, when this is it.
Inside, many of his paintings stare out from the sidelines. Encourage the visitor to come closer, take a look. A splodge here, a dab there See how the master did it.
At Camping La Miniere, just outside Forges-Les-Eaux, our day concludes with another game of table tennis. On uneven ground. This time, Mr S decides to change from flip-flops to trainers! Lessons learned and all that . . . .
Did Mrs Cheese take any cuttings?
See you soon, xx
Sshhh – her handbag was full . . . probably back Wed. xx