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Doing it the french way
... what our choice would be. Along the quayside, motorhomes were ranked alongside each other, settling for an evening and night.
Fabulous meal at a quayside restaurant. Wet and windy weather just held off long enough to walk to the restaurant and back.
The storm came in about midnight. Wind and lashing rain. But we were cosy and comfortable.
Amazing how many motorhomes were lined up in the morning.
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Never too old to watch Tinkerbell!
... started working. Emptied the dishwasher and sorted breakfast. Then walked up to the shops, as the mother I am au pairing for was sooooo tired because the baby had her up since 3 30!!! Then this afternoon, got the bus with the daughter to the mall where we watched Tinkerbell -- quite enjoyed it actually, quite nice to watch a kiddy film once in a ...
Laying siege to Honfleur
... old and beautiful construction. There is a toll of €3.50 one way but I think it is cheaper in the other direction.
Honfleur is only about 25 minutes from the port but we head first for a panorama to have views back across the Seine to our ship then down to Honfleur. On the way we stop at a beautiful hotel, St Ferme,which has an authentic old Normandy style house in the grounds with a reed thatch roof and an old apple ...
Monet, Monet, Monet!!!!
... so skip the long queue at the ticket desk and head straight for the water gardens. Amazingly there are water lilies in bloom, and quite a lot of flowers in bloom. The lily ponds are beautiful, very tranquil and not too packed with people. There are many Japanese people as Monet had a connection with Japan, hence the Japanese style bridges.
Next we visit the house and gardens, the house has a typical Normandy construction. One room wide but very long, ...
Les Falaises Blanches d'Etretat
... a small less-touristy restaurant - apple cider, moules frites for Robin and the crepe special for myself.
For a good price, we stayed in the Tin Tin room at Detective Hotel. Each room has a decor representative of a different detective. It was a very cozy and comfortable place. Its common areas even had free tea, toys, books and games.
Now, I have to see the White Cliffs of Dover to see how they compare!
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