yesterday’s tagesanzeiger (last issue, subscription just expired) had a notice about the monet’s gardens exhibition currently at the zürich kunsthaus and we decided to give it a go today afternoon. so, we have an early lunch (well, early for us, anyhow) and then go by bus and tram to the kunsthaus. when we arrive, we are quite surprised that there’s a really looong queue! seems like half of the greater zürich metropolitan area has decided to give good old monet a go (well, not that many, but it is really crowded). after about 15min we have our entry ticket in the form of little tin markers (ours for some inexplicable reason have an “A” printed on them — i wonder whether they have some with an “L” on them, i’d wear one), lock away our coats and bagpack and start our tour through the exhibition: i particularly like the early years up until 1910 or so, the later paintings somehow seem to focus too much on sea lilies for my taste 
my favourite is the park in monceau! i find that most of monet’s paintings require quite a bit distance — that is, physical distance — to really enjoy and appreciate them, which is a bit difficult to accomplish at times due to the crowds! never seen a museum that full! 
in the evening we watch the thomas crown affair in which monet’s san giorgio maggiore by twilight features prominently
