Sunday, May 27, 2012

Calais France May 24th- 27th


After taking the ferry from Dover to Calais, we checked into our hotel and it had a view of a 13th century watchtower called the Tour de Guet(bottom right)in the Place D'Armes.  We spent an entire day on the beach and I painted the two studies above.  It was lovely.  We wandered the town eating pastries from every patisserie we passed went to the MuseĆ© des Beaux Arts to see several Rodin pieces and also went to city hall to see the famous 6 Burghers of Calais.  The final Painting was of a fun fountain near the train station where we waited for our train to Paris.

Just for fun I added a few fun photos of the farmers market, City Hall and the beach.