Paris to Cornwell to London..........

Been a while since the last post - since then our adventure in Paris came to an end and we travelled from Paris to London on the Eurostar - the great railway journey under the English channel!

We are now back in London after 10 days exloring Cornwell & Devon including a week in the Cornish coastal town of Fowey! We travelled to Cornwell via Somerset where we stayed with a friend, Christine, for a few days in the very pretty village of Crewkerne. Christine showed us around the area including historic medieval Wells Cathedral. Fowey & the Cornwell / Devon areas were lovely but more about that in the next post...........

Why are we back in London? Well..........as it sometimes happens we have experienced unfortunate travelling weather - rain, wind & cold! Therefore we decided to extend our planned stay in London rather than drive around the country side in the rain!!!

But, before we get to our England adventure a few final glimpses of our Paris roamings - unfortnuately it wasn't good weather for photography......   Notre Dame's glorious rose window.......

The patchwork shop, La Rouvray, is well known to dedicated patchworkers world wide. After exploring the small back streets close to Notre Dame we located this quaint shop! One travellers joy is evident......

 The River Seine & Paris roof tops - from our hotel room window......

And, finally, the sun shine arrived for our last day in Paris.............

While based in Paris we used the ever efficient France train service to visit surrounding places. The places included Bayeux an old city in Normandie which is home to the renouned Bayeax Tapestry. This remarkable tapestry was embroidered in the 11th century and vividly tells the story of the Norman invasion of england in 1066. Given its great age thisowrk of art, which is in fact an embroidery work & not a tapestry, is remarkably well preserved. Unfortunately photography was not allowed.

We also visited Chateau du Chenonceaux.... a spectacular sight build over the River Cher during the 1500's!

And, Giverney, home to the beautiful garden established by the artist Claude Monet & his home for many years. A few glimpses including the water lilly pond which featured prominently in his art works....

Stay posted for further tales of our travels in England.

Au voir from Paris - our "singin' in the rain" tour............, K & R.........