This is our 3rd year in this pastoral, provincial corner of France which is still for the most part as charming and picturesque now as it came to be known by a number of 'Impressionist' painters at the turn of the 20th century.
Sleepy villages of half-timer, thatched cottages and ancient towns with medieval and renaissance buildings rise and swell in the folds of landscape patched with forests and apple orchards that go on and on until abruptly stopping in the dramatic chalk cliffs at the very edge of the great channel.
Program
- - 4 nights Rouen ApriL 26, 27, 28, 29
- 2 nights Avranches (for Mont St Michel) Apr 30, May 01
- 4 nights Honfleur May 02, 03, 04, 05
Itinerary – 
April 26 - We meet at Paris (Charles de Gaulle) airport to travel to Rouen
Where we will stay for 4 nights.
Rouen is both beautiful & modern, and quaint & historic. We stay
right in the preserved medieval quarter within steps of the
Vieux Marche, the Gros Horloge, and Cathedral Square
While in Rouen our Artist/Instructor, Henry Vyfvinkel will lead
sketching/painting sessions –
--in his favourite corners of the medieval quarter
--in Claude Monet's garden at Giverny
--in some of the hidden villages along the Seine River
While in Rouen our studio is in the very room of the 16th century
Renaissance building that Claude Monet rented to paint his series
of the Cathedral of Rouen.
April 30 – We will travel through those folds of Norman countryside to
Avranches for 2 nights. Here we will stay in an ancient coaching
Inn with a fabulous garden and great food !
From here we will have a tour of Mont St Michel. After our tour we
will set up to capture the incredible beauty of this mystical place.
May 02 - We will travel up to the ancient port of Honfleur at the estuary of
The Seine River. We will stay here for 4 nights. Honfleur has long
been a favourite of artists from the time of Boudin and Monet.
It's rows of high, colourful 19th century houses, restaurants and shops
that line the inner harbour make an amazing setting and give a true
insight to Normandy's seafaring culture.
While in Hounfleur Henry Vyfvinkel will lead sketching/painting sessions
-- in the historic basin area
-- at Etretat on the beach of the chalk cliffs
May 06 -We will travel back to the Paris area for our last night to conveniently
place our passengers for their return or onward arrangements.
