We were on our way to Yport for a couple of days (a) to enjoy a meal at our favourite restaurant in Normandy (Le Nautique) and; (b) to stock up on Vanya’s Cremant before catching the ferry home later in the week and; (c) to pop in on the Vets in Fecamp so that the dogs can be made ready for their return to the UK. First, however, Vanya wanted to revisit Honfleur.
I have been to Honfleur a couple of times before. I like the place and was happy to return for a third visit. Vanya on the other hand has been once before and her reason for wanting to return was, get this, to see if she still doesn’t like the place!?! How is a man ever going to understand a woman when she exercises that kind of logic?
The only downside I can see to Honfleur is that it now attracts huge numbers of tourists (especially with river cruises multiplying as they are) and consequently the restaurants charge silly prices but keep that comment in perspective; I’m probably getting maudlin because it is almost going home time. Vanya’s view of Honfleur has definitely been tainted by the large number of tourists. She thinks they have ripped the soul out of the town. I’ll not argue with her about that.
I’m not going to write much about Honfleur today (nearly everything I could say about the place is captured in previous blog entries – see Tours 2 and 3) but I will post a few more photos, if only to show the town hasn’t changed much in recent times. It is still very pleasing, especially down by the harbour.
We ate a very expensive meal down on the harbour (but you pay for the view there as much as anything) and then we did a short wander before returning to the Van and pressing on to Yport.
Les Moulieres (the Mussel Pickers) made us smile. The Normandy Coast is very much the place for mussels. Bring them on!