Another hot day

Hello Friends!

It is very hot here! This part of France is always the coolest of Normandy ( but it this year!)

We have walked less than usual because we walked a lot yesterday 5 kms and today 3,5 kms

And we would like to visit another place tomorrow and go to some famous shops.

Boats waiting for the tide

This is Portbail and it was market day!

A lot of Normand specialties SO good! 

It is a very nice market and I found honey from wild black bees 🐝 for the winter

The church from the village

 I have problems with internet today!

Walking and driving up and down

Hello friends!

Today we were up at 7 and first at breakfast at half past eight. 

We then started our day by going to see the Goury lighthouse 

We drove up and down very narrow lanes and went to see the painter’s house Jean Francois Millet you may know his famous painting “ The Angelus”

It was probably a thatched house was mostly a barn in front of his house.

It is the well in front of his house he painted 60 times.

This is the old village he liked to paint, rural life.

This is his painting of the well. 
 

We have beautiful sunny days

This looks as if it was on the moon they are dunes.

There are beautiful bays everywhere. I used to walk a lot with our children and our dogs there going up and down the cliffs there are many paths on top of the cliffs above the sea.

This is Port Racine the smallest harbour of France.

The. Statue of Jean Francois Millet

Another bay

The pasture where there are usually cows and sheep’s.

We walked 5 kms and went across and up and down the peninsula. We are tired and resting in our room! See you tomorrow!

Our second day in the Cotentin

Hello Friends !

We had a warm day not useful for this part of France and many people which is also unusual for September.

We are on Vikings territory 😂 

The house are made of solid granite

We then visited the lighthouse 

We had fish and salad

On our way back to the hotel. We crossed the whole peninsula today

The amphibious boat going to Tatihou island 

We had a cheese  and bread board on our terrace for supper in silence only the cry of the seagulls!

 I hope you enjoyed your day! 🥰 

Second destination

Hello Friends !

We arrived our destination. In this part of France you can have all the type of weather in one day!

We began with a little rain then wind, sun and quite warm and now cloudy and quite windy!

I am sitting outside on our terrace with a coffee and a little pastry 🥮 

The staff here is very welcoming and the restaurant being full tonight they made another reservation ina fish restaurant just beside the hotel.

They can book everything for you! How nice and helpful.

We will try to get a boat to go the Anglo Normand island of Guernesey.

This is the hotel very confortable 

Our view

And our coffee!

The bedroom is clear and spacious 

 We did some shopping, a cap from Ireland for my husband and an orange winter scarf for me ( to match with brown)

I also found British magazines it is the place to find them with a lot of British tourists !

« Country living and good housekeeping »

We are glad to be away and rest by the sea!

To be continued ❤️…

The beginning of our holidays.

Hello Friends!

First stop! Cherbourg Mercure hotel for one night on the 6 th floor. This is the view from our room

It is very convenient to go to town and a little Mall  round the corner . I walked 4 many I feel tired so we will have dinner at the hotel. I will eat fish!

We had a stop at Columbus cafe and had an iced latte. Tomorrow we will leave to go to our final destination for 10 days . Bandit is at the kennel not very happy (😃 but he is at the hotel with his best food and his bed!) but mom is not there! And he will refuse to eat. So I have some he can’t resist from the vet Little pâtés.

We are going to have dinner in 15 mn so I have better get ready! To be continued…