Today we went to the Musee des Beaux Arts in Rouen, where they're having a special exposition for Impressionist works from Normandie. The most impressive part was the 12 or so paintings of the Cathedrale de Rouen by Monet. Monet painted approximately 30 pictures of the Cathedrale at different times during the day with different lighting. The mayor wasn't very interested in the paintings when Monet painted them, so they were scattered all over the world (1 of them was from the MFA in Boston, btw). It was really nice to see a dozen together again. Our walking tour guide said that they've been working on this Expo for 10 years-- you can definitely see and appreciate their hard work. It was a beautiful collection.
After the museum I stayed in town to shop and grab lunch. (I LOVE the summer sales!) At 18:00, Becky, George and I met up with Caroline and Tony to meet some other international students for a glass of wine. It was a nice evening. We got to practice our French with a French student from Rouen named Charlotte, and learn about the education program here in France. It was nice- hopefully we'll hang out again sometime.
After this, Becky and I went with Caroline, Yannick and Vicky (Katie's old teacher and his girlfriend) to meet up with some of Caroline's friends to watch the Thursday night terrace concert. During the summertime in Rouen they have concerts on Thursday nights in different locations all over Rouen. Tonight was a jazz theme. Unfortunately, in true Norman style, it started to pour! (Il a fait comme le vauche pis <- new expression from Yannick meaning it's raining cats and dogs, well sort of). We got out of the rain and headed to Big Ben Pub where we met up with other students and had a nice evening out.
Gotta love the rain here ;)
Bisous,
Lisa
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