Calvados distilled here

 So we visit the little Calvados orchard and distillery in, naturally, the Calvados area of Normandy.

 Built the old fashioned way.

 Obviously, a small batch barrel, very special.

 Calvados aging quietly.

 Mashing up them apples.

 Pot still, still going strong since early in the last century.

 The family run home of Toutain Calvados brandies.

The lineup. And free samples too, if you're in the area.

Lily filled

Great for painters.

Pads on the pond

No rush, life's easy on the pond.

Etang des nympheas

Or lily pond, if you prefer.

A bit bent

Let me show you my leaves, Monsieur Monet.

A Monet-eye view

I'll set up my easel here.

Monet floats

The fleet is in.

Follow the bamboo grove trail

…To etang des nympheas.

Bubbles bubbling

Making a break for it.

Monet's gardens

Monet's favorite landscape.

Monet's Monets

Homemade.

Leafy in Giverny

The ivys rule. 

Maison du Tourisme

In the Giverny spirit.

Now for something a little different

Wandering Giverny, Monet's retreat.

Last tourists standing

Time to pack it in.

The day dwindles

We're losing our sun here.

Top of the street

Speed limits strictly enforced.

Piling on the rocks

Just square it up, and we're good.

Backroads

No path goes unpaved.

France seems so far

Try the side door.