🇫🇷 Giverny & Auvers-sur-Oise: A Day of Art, Solitude & Football Fren

🌺 Monet’s Garden: A Painter’s Paradise Joined a small tour with a French guide/driver today. Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny was breathtaking—no wonder he hired seven gardeners! Flowers burst in riotous colors, mirroring his vibrant paintings. His cozy home, filled with original works, felt like stepping into an Impressionist canvas610. 🎨 Van Gogh’s Auvers-sur-Oise: Loneliness in Brushstrokes In stark contrast, Auvers-sur-Oise revealed Vincent van Gogh’s tragic final days. His tiny, gloomy room overlooked the café where he ate cheap meals alone. The empty town hall he painted? Actually packed on Bastille Day—his isolation screaming from the canvas. His last works, like Tree Roots, remained unfinished. Sitting in Van Gogh Park, munching a sandwich, I ached for the artist who sold just one painting (for €10) in his lifetime15. 🍽️ French Dinner Fumbles Tried duck confit at a decent bistro—tasty but a knife-fork nightmare! Sawing through the duck leg left me sweating, while the onion soup scalded my tongue. Finished with rum baba cake, wobbling out stuffed. How do French women stay slim after three-course meals?! (Wine magic?)37 ⚽ Champions League Madness Tonight’s PSG vs. [Opponent] final has Paris buzzing! Streets swarmed with Qatar-jersey fans, flags waving, fireworks already popping—PSG’s 2-0 lead has the city roaring. Police everywhere… Bonne chance to anyone sleeping tonight! 🎆 #HiddenAfrica #VolcanoViews #BorderAdventure