In Giverny, Monet's garden blossoms in silence

In Giverny, more than elsewhere, we live at tide time. Mayor Claude Landais will tell you better than anyone: “The first wave breaks every morning at 9 am. Cruise passengers first. Five or six coaches at once, in single file on the departmental road. ” The second wave follows closely. These are the vehicles of individuals, which precedes by a quarter of an hour traditional coach operators, minibuses and shuttles of tour operators. From April to November, the Giverny bag and surf.

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But this year, the wave did not come. Not even a wavelet, nor the slightest broth of foam. A bad setback for this small village of 500 inhabitants, having got into the habit of receiving 700,000 visitors per year. In the last decade, under the leadership of Hugues Gall, director of the Claude Monet Foundation, Giverny has changed dimension again. The painter's garden is not larger - less than two hectares - but it now ranks second among the most

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