Diane and I dawdled around Honfleur this morning. We indulged in a leisurely hotel breakfast. We spent the morning wandering around the town. It is remarkable how quaint and storied the town is.
Noteworthy in Honfleur is their temporary church. Their original church had burned down, and since it was a town of ship builders, the ship builders rebuilt the church using ship building tools and ship building construction techniques. The roof looks like two upside down ship hulls. It was supposed to be temporary. That was 1550. Oh well, time flies.
After Honfleur, we headed to Dieppe via Saint-Valéry-en-Caux. The latter had a remarkable old harbor where the waves crashed brutally into the breakwater. Apparently the Atlantic Ocean is so rough here, that the erosion of the cliffs means that many old buildings will soon (within 100 years) fall into the sea.
We went to Dieppe to see the Museum and see the beach. Unfortunately, and inexplicably, the Museum was closed. The Dieppe Raid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid) on August 19, 1942 was such disaster. We viewed the beach and town, walked around a bit and headed back to Paris.
1 comment:
Time sure does fly. I can't believe I have not viewed or blogged your amazing adventure in two days. So much has happened.
I love the church.
Laurie p.
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