Nénuphars et Galettes

Angela celebrated her birthday with a visit to France. On her way to  Le Mont St Michel, she stopped off at Giverny to visit Le Jardin de Monet (click on link).  This led to talk of water lillies, despite the fact that they were not in evidence at the time of her visit. 

Les Nénuphars de Claude Monet

les nénuphars  }  = water lillies

les nymphéas }

We learnt that Monet was very interested in Japanese art (l'art japonais), hence le pont japonais in this very famous painting:

Le Bassin aux Nymphéas

le bassin = pond

Angela also brought us back some lovely biscuits (galettes) for our coffee break. 

If you read the back of the tin you will discover that:

La Mère Poulard, la célèbre cuisinière française a fondu son auberge au Mont St Michel en 1888, où elle a crée ses fameuses recettes.

un(e) cuisinier (ère) = cook
une auberge = inn
fondre (reg RE) = to establish (found)
créer (reg ER) = to create
une recette = recipe

mmm - délicieux!

 and still plenty more for future coffee breaks - Merci Angela!