A walled city, with the marina right along side.
It is one of the top destinations of Parisians fleeing the heat of that city.
Beaches on the North side and hundreds of small cafes and shops inside the walls, with throngs of people wandering about.
It was bombed out in WWII, but (unlike Brest) restored to its original using rubble (when possible).
A veritable treasure of France, a wonderful place to just wander around in.
I'm glad we hit the cities in the order we did, as it was the jewel.
I easily could have spent a week or more there, but time is running short and we have to move on toward the English part of the trip.
I will not go into detail on our night departure, what we learned about locking through with a large ship (that sneaked up behind me and gave me a good fright) and a useless transmission that would not provide any forward power, no lock people to throw us lines to tie to, etc., it ain't all roses!
I'm glad we hit the cities in the order we did, as it was the jewel.
I easily could have spent a week or more there, but time is running short and we have to move on toward the English part of the trip.
I will not go into detail on our night departure, what we learned about locking through with a large ship (that sneaked up behind me and gave me a good fright) and a useless transmission that would not provide any forward power, no lock people to throw us lines to tie to, etc., it ain't all roses!
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