The start of our adventures in FRANCE 23. HONFLEUR-Coat-of-Arms
23.
We push on South and in Boulogne shoot on to the motorway, it is not the most exciting way of seeing a country, but it gets you fast where you want to go.
I keep myself busy with taking shots ‘on the fly’… We pass Boards advertising the delights du pays, Chateaux, artisanales, we fly past the area of the Somme… the terrible battlegrounds, and see nothing of it…
I photograph farmers working on their fields; on a roundabout, I see ‘cows’, well, Normandy is famous for its butter and cheese.
Parts of Normandy consist of rolling countryside typified by pasture for dairy cattle and apple orchards. A wide range of dairy products are produced and exported. Normand cheeses include Camembert, Livarot, Pont l'Évêque, Brillat-Savarin, Neufchâtel, Petit Suisse and Boursin.
Normandy butter and Normandy cream are lavishly used in gastronomic specialties.
Then I see a Board for the Vallée de la Seine, which means we are nearing our destination of the day, Honfleur, a commune in the Normand département of Calvados in France, located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine, very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie.
We miss a turn-off and because of it, also the famous bridge!
Eventually we arrive in Honfleur, and ooohh help, it is hectic…
We do find a hotel that can still accommodate us… after many tries and the dreaded words ‘COMPLET’…
We freshen up and hurry to the center of this beauty spot.
The Port of Honfleur, Port de Honfleur, is the harbour of the Norman town of Honfleur, France
Expeditions to Quebec from this harbour led to its foundation.
The port was originally founded by Vikings.
They have a tower and 5 fleurs de Lys in their Coat of Arms
(… a suivre… more to follow)
THANX, M, (*_*)
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The start of our adventures in FRANCE 23. HONFLEUR-Coat-of-Arms
23.
We push on South and in Boulogne shoot on to the motorway, it is not the most exciting way of seeing a country, but it gets you fast where you want to go.
I keep myself busy with taking shots ‘on the fly’… We pass Boards advertising the delights du pays, Chateaux, artisanales, we fly past the area of the Somme… the terrible battlegrounds, and see nothing of it…
I photograph farmers working on their fields; on a roundabout, I see ‘cows’, well, Normandy is famous for its butter and cheese.
Parts of Normandy consist of rolling countryside typified by pasture for dairy cattle and apple orchards. A wide range of dairy products are produced and exported. Normand cheeses include Camembert, Livarot, Pont l'Évêque, Brillat-Savarin, Neufchâtel, Petit Suisse and Boursin.
Normandy butter and Normandy cream are lavishly used in gastronomic specialties.
Then I see a Board for the Vallée de la Seine, which means we are nearing our destination of the day, Honfleur, a commune in the Normand département of Calvados in France, located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine, very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie.
We miss a turn-off and because of it, also the famous bridge!
Eventually we arrive in Honfleur, and ooohh help, it is hectic…
We do find a hotel that can still accommodate us… after many tries and the dreaded words ‘COMPLET’…
We freshen up and hurry to the center of this beauty spot.
The Port of Honfleur, Port de Honfleur, is the harbour of the Norman town of Honfleur, France
Expeditions to Quebec from this harbour led to its foundation.
The port was originally founded by Vikings.
They have a tower and 5 fleurs de Lys in their Coat of Arms
(… a suivre… more to follow)
THANX, M, (*_*)
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
For the whole story:
magdaindigo.blogspot.com/2009/09/start-of-our-adventures-...