Spring sunshine means road trips. Last weekend we headed off to Étretat, about a three hour drive from Cherbourg.
The area is famous for its white cliffs and has been a favourite of many landscape painters. The pictures will tell the story
The Porte d’Aval arch
Monet’s “The Cliff, Étretat, Sunset”. Monet painted many scenes of this cliff as well as plenty of others from the shore at Étretat
No visit to the Normandy coast is complete without a bunker. Some have been dismantled but most of them are so indestructible that they will be there for centuries.
Same spot in 1944.
French logic – Why bother with the expense and work of installing ugly fences and barricades along cliff edges that cop gale force winds when a simple sign will do? But when it comes to a promenade with a metre drop to the pebbles below, that’s a different story.On the way back we stopped in Honfleur. This was a little different from the last time we stayed there – the night of the World Cup final win. It’s a big mix of old and new, but mainly old. When you peel away the layer of render on a building and you see what’s underneath, you understand why those buildings on each side are the only thing holding many places up.
Loving the photos and your French feed Moira. We recently spent 2 weeks in Hobart and a few days either side of that trip in Brisbane. Drove onto Hervey Bay sorting and cleaning and culling at Paul’s parents place for a week. Now in Mackay for 3 days then a few months back at Magnetic Island. Feel like gypsies at the moment!
Thanks Therese, it’s been fun doing the blog and a good reminder for us of our travels. Sounds like you and Paul are living the dream! Do you still have your place in Brisbane? Is Magnetic Island your permanent home now?
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Loving the photos and your French feed Moira. We recently spent 2 weeks in Hobart and a few days either side of that trip in Brisbane. Drove onto Hervey Bay sorting and cleaning and culling at Paul’s parents place for a week. Now in Mackay for 3 days then a few months back at Magnetic Island. Feel like gypsies at the moment!
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Thanks Therese, it’s been fun doing the blog and a good reminder for us of our travels. Sounds like you and Paul are living the dream! Do you still have your place in Brisbane? Is Magnetic Island your permanent home now?
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