The photo above is a bird’s eye view of the Harbor Village of Honfleur. OK, I know its not that interesting but after a 20 minute hike up a very steep road to the Cote de Grace viewpoint to take the picture, I am putting it on the blog!!
Visited two very different places today, Honfleur and Tourville. Honfleur is a beautiful little fishing village located where the Seine greets the English Channel. It’s no longer reliant on fishing but tourism as this old port was spared from the D-Day bombing. The port pictured above is where Samuel de Champlain sailed from in 1608 to North America where he discovered the St. Lawrence and founded Quebec City. The old port of Honfleur is beautifully preserved and a pleasure to visit.
Playing Boules in Trouville
Tourville Beach Tourville is also a very old city as it was the playground for the rich and famous Parisian’s who had their summer chateaus here. You can see why as it has a beautiful beach and very safe and shallow waters which are excellent for families. Unfortunately, Tourville now looks like Coney Island or Niagara Falls. It has a lot of tacky looking beach activities and a huge stretch of amusement park stalls. It has now been left by the rich and famous and is now inhabited by the cheap and cheerful crowd.
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