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| Oyster beds in Saint Vaast-la-Hougue, Ile Tatihou in the background |
In the first week of September 2018, a friend and I embarked on a proper adventure. My friend drove all the way from Germany to Normandy, I left my car in Portsmouth and went across to France on the ferry. We had found a very reasonably priced Airbnb in Reville, roughly 30 minutes from the ferry port in Cherbourg, a cottage with a wild garden in walking distance to the coast.
I hadn't been in France for c. 10 years, went a bit over the top on our first shopping trip to the large supermarket in Quettehou and ended up bringing lots of goodies back to the UK, including salted caramel biscuits, sweet chestnut and salted caramel spreads, violet and almond sirops, lime blossom tea and madeleines (very A la recherche du temps perdu), and an amazing apple compote.
We stayed pretty much in the area, exploring nearby places like Saint Vaast-la-Hougue where we splashed out on a meal of fresh oysters, prawns and moules frites, or Barfleur and its rocky beaches. We had a lot of luck with the weather and even went swimming at our 'house beach'.
I am slowly making my way back to summer - more to come!
Much love,
Qaroline
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| On the ferry from Portsmouth to Cherbourg |
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| Small boats in the sheltered bay near our Airbnb |
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| Harbour in Saint Vaast-la-Hougue |
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| Fortifications in Saint Vaast-la-Hougue, we walked from the town all the way, almost to the tower (which turned out to be behind a fence) |
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| Fortifications in Saint Vaast-la-Hougue |
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| Rockpools near Barfleur |
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| Beach near Barfleur |
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Coast near Barfleur |
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| Rocky beach near Barfleur |
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| Silvery bunny tail grass |
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| Cherbourg from above |
