We woke up this morning and went downstairs for breakfast. It was a continental spread but the coffee was good and the croissants were excellent, so a step up from the usual. Before we packed up we walked to the Tourist Office and got a little a bit of information. The lady behind the desk seemed super excited to help us. Read: sarcasm.
We got back to the hotel and changed, packed up and checked out. We decided to take a small 40 minute train tour. More of tram really but it drove through the main parts of town and gave a brief overview of the churches and cathedral s in the area. We walked though the Cathedral of Rouen but there was a first communion going on so we stayed near the entrance. It was a pretty impressive place though, from what I could see.
We walked to the Vieux Marche square and stopped for lunch. Julia Child’s first stop in France was there but we weren’t ready for such an event so we stopped at a more popular place and had a salad and pasta. The place was also the site where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake so we walked around the church that is now on the spot. They erected a cross on the exact location. We stopped and bought some macarrons, chocolate and pistachio.
We got our car back and headed to Honfleur a little after 1:30pm. It’s an easy drive, less than an hour, but the Garmin takes you an interesting route. Let me give a little background information. I am Awesome at directions. Once I’ve been somewhere I can get there again without help. I can read maps better than most people and I can almost always tell which way is North. My mother loves her Garmin. I decided to trust the machine and follow it without question. If I was with my Dad, he would blame me if we ended up in Germany, but my Mom would say “It’s ok, it’s like an adventure.” With that in mind, we ended up on a small farm road in the middle of nowhere France. At worst we were going to waste 10 minutes, but we ended up on the main road again after only a little bit of worry.
We checked into our hotel and made our way into town. We walked around the town a bit and saw all the shops and restaurants. We stopped at one on the harbor and had a glass of wine and just took a little break. We decided to keep walking down by the water and found some gardens to walk through. One of them was called “Le Jardin des Personalitties” and it had many different statues of people associated with Honfleur. We made it all the way to shore and slowly made our way back to the town.
By now, it was already dinner time so we walked along and read all the menus and decided on “Les Deux Ponts”. I had oysters and fish and my Mom had chicken pate and steak. Finished off with ice cream for me and apple tart for her, delicious.
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