Carolles, Manche

Sometimes a little time out of Paris can be so refreshing. Read what we did on a weekend getaway to Carolles, Normandy recently.

One of my favorite easy weekend trips from Paris is to Granville and Carolles in Normandy to enjoy the seafood, beach, Musée Christian Dior and more.

Cet itinéraire relie Auvers-sur-Oise (l'un des points d'où je démarre très souvent quand je fais du VTT en région parisienne) à Carolles en Normandie où nous avons une...

The beautiful beaches of Normandy that face the English Channel were a revelation to us. For years we had been quite happy with Deauville, Trouville and the northern coast, then a postcard took us to the Carteret and we were hooked. Carolles is just south of Carteret and Granville, on the tip of Mont St Michel...

The second week of confinement in Normandy flew by. We spent our days cooking in confinement, 'à table' together, and settling into our new routines.

Dans le département de la Manche, la station balnéaire normande de Jullouville s'est dotée d'une belle installation pour accueillir dignement les camping-cars. Cette nouvelle aire de services est idéalement située entre Carolles et Granville.

Beachweather most of the time and only one bad day.  We made a walk EVERY DAY to the point where the river Thar flows into the sea, between St. Pair sur Mer and Kairon Plage. It was quiet, nearly unreal, and far from a madding crowd, allthough.... On the 18th of July, just one day before we arrived, a would-be terrorist run upon the beach, crying: i will kill everybody. So imagine the panic: parents and grandparents with little ones running for their lives. The police came after 20 minutes and caught the guy. He might have been under drugs, or alcohol, or the two. This was just four days after the sloughter in Nice.... And so the vacation went on, for three weeks and by the end i took a walk, alone as i'm the only one who likes walking. First part along the beach, towards Carolles. Then through a lovely little valley and climbing a hill. through fields along a waterfall another hill to my reward: Vauban's cabin LE MONT SAINT MICHEL and Tombelaine roch on the left And all the way back home. I've sewed quite a bit too, hexies and blocks, more than i expected and all in the garden. Hope you all had a couple of days off and mister Not so zen sends you greetings too! He stole my hat btw.....