Annemarie

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We first met in Paris, when Tom and I went to Europe
for Maike's wedding in the Fall of 1994.
Annemarie and Dierk joined us for a few days
on a delightful trip to Normandy, France.

Straight off our cross-Atlantic flight toParis, they collected us
and we headed directly out the Seine for an afternoon at
Monet's house and gardens in
Giverny.

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More about Monet and Giverny
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and here

Musée d'Art Américain in Giverny
(founded 1992)
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From Giverny we headed toward our objective,
Honfleur, on the Normandy coast.
En route we studied where to spend the night
with the aid of a French book I had, about country inns of Normandy.
Annemarie made the final selection...
and it could not have been a better one!


Auberge du Vieux Puits
at Pont Audemer

Created from 17th century leather tanneries...
today the city still has its tannery:
a principal supplier of the houses of Hermès and Louis Vuitton.

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"Gustave Flaubert, an early admirer of this hotel
in a trellised and beamed 17th-century cottage,
gave it a few lines in his celebrated novel Madame Bovary.
The quiet rooms, with heavy wooden pieces
and pretty curtains, overlook the courtyard. "(Fodors)


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"The restaurant serves first-rate, rich, innovative Norman cuisine.
trout in champagne sauce, duckling stew with sour cherries,
local cheeses, and fresh fruit tarts.
" (Fodors)

"This hugely enjoyable, half-timbered Norman inn
dates from the 17th century. Formerly a tannery...
with a forest of beams, roaring fires in giant fireplaces and aged dressers,
the dining-rooms couldn't be more cosy or rustic.

The robust country cooking -
dishes include home-smoked rainbow trout, rabbit with chanterelles
and a memorable baked apple in puff pastry -
is excellent, and Jacques brings meals to life by
providing copious detail on the provenance of the local produce."

(Twenty reasons to cross the Channel , travel.telegraph)

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6 rue Notre-Dame-du-Pre, 27500 Pont-Audemer, Normandy, FRANCE
A short article about l'Auberge du Vieux Puits
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Pont Audemer- Short Video:
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From what I can tell, the auberge is no longer open.
It appears that the owners went on to bigger things.
The new place is fantastic!
Château de Brécourt
Take a Virtual Visit of their Chateau
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Honfleur... to be continued


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