Dead end in Lisieux

Trip Start Aug 11, 2003
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Trip End Sep 01, 2003


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Hotel de la gare
(Lisieux hotels)

Flag of France  , Normandy,
Friday, August 22, 2003

Ok, we don't know how we ended here, this interrail ticket gives you a sort of "ok let's catch the first train no matter where it goes" attitude that is great but sometimes you end up in dead ends. We wanted to go on the ocean, so we catch the first train going in that direction, but we catch the train too late in the afternoon. Unfortunately, it was headed to Lisiex, a small town where, at the time of our arrival, there where no other trains leaving for that day.

We considered sleeping in the station, but we discarded the idea when we discovered that it closes very early (like 20:00). So we found a small hotel in front of the station, where it was forbidden to cook (and there were smoke detectors in the room), so we cooked our meal with camping stoves on the balcony :) We haven't never heard of Lisieux, and judging from the station, it was a small town with no attraction. Only years later we discovered it had an awesome basilique, a cathedral, and a nice public garden.

But hey, back in 2003 wi-fi was an optional, and we didn't even had mobile phones with us, so we did a mistake in underestimating Lisieux, and took the first train in the morning.
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