It is unfrequent to be so pleasantly surprised. On a weekend drive out of Paris I stumbled almost by accident on the hamlet of Lavacourt on the River Seine and its small Restaurant-Bar-Tabac “Chez Charlot”. Immediately opposite lay the village of Vetheuil - a village made timeless by Monet who lived there in the 1880s.
No better invitation could there have been to settle down to a simple lunch of “poulet frites” and a “pichet” of red wine. What else could one ask for?
The village of Vetheuil as seen from the hamlet of Lavacourt (captured by mobile phone).
And the same scene rendered timeless by Claude Monet some 120 years earlier (painted in oils!).
Here is another of Vetheuil in the Winter. Je pense q’une autre visite s’impose!
Find out more about Claude Monet.
