Year 3 Day 357 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/23/2024. Day 22 of 28-day European Vacation. After a great breakfast at the hotel, we headed out for a long walk.
We were heading to the Hanging Gardens. We never made it there but spent a few hours walking the residential streets and also along the waterfront.
The beach of Le Havre is a prime destination for many who come from as far away as Paris.
The beach is made out of pebbles, not sand. It looks as though it gets very busy when it is warm. It is in the 40’s today with the sun peeking out occasionally. The beach here is very long with a promenade that stretches for 5 kilometers. I was amazed at the number of small huts lined up in rows on the beach. These huts apparently are often the property of families for generations, and a small piece of the beach is rented from the city for the summer. These huts are used mostly for storing gear! They are erected at the beginning of the season and taken away around the end of September.
There are about 15 restaurants alongside the beach promenade that open April to October. These restaurants are all made out of shipping containers. Each restaurant gets so much land and designs their own restaurants by cutting up and redesigning the containers.
Close to our hotel we came upon a skatepark. It’s the biggest one in France. Once a year an international competition is held at this skatepark. In the evenings there is live music performed in a large, paved area near the skatepark area.
We then headed inland, stopped at a few stores, and had lunch at Denver Restaurant. It was another fiasco of food ordering. Coffee was Expresso. An afternoon caffeine shot for sure. Hamburgers were like seared on the outside and raw meat on the inside. We asked for well done. The employees barely spoke any English and of course we don’t speak French.
It was a fun day though. The past two days we have seen huge container ships entering and leaving the port. Le Have is the largest container port in France.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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