Fete de Ventre, Rouen

 

Saturday I was all set to go to the Fete de Brie de Meaux…

Then I saw La fete de Ventre was talking place in Rouen!

A much bigger foodie fest - all Normandie specialties. OUI!

(This is Gare de Rouen. I always take a pic of the train station so I can find my way back). 

I ran 🏃‍♀️ to Gare Saint Lazare & into the Nomade ticket office.

The next train leaves in 26 minutes I heard and she rushed me to the ticket 🎫 desk. Then she rushed me to the track. It was leaving in 6 minutes not 26!

The conductor helped me on and said, “sit anywhere but NOT in this car” (1st class - the fine can be 32€. Been there, done that). 

The train to Rouen is direct, no stops & just 2 hours. It was drizzling in Paris and drizzling in Rouen but so what.

More than 150 producteurs 

Producteurs are encouraged to dress in traditional Normande dress.

Why didn’t I get any mushrooms 🍄 

Why didn’t I get any mushroom soup ?

Or soup de cresson (watercress)?

I did get a barquette of the best shrimp 🍤 I’ve ever tasted (6€) and a barquette of bulot (welks 5€)🐚 

So many tastes of delicious cider.

Of course there was a cow.

The town of Rouen is beautiful 

The Grand Horloge/big clock was down a side street

But I stuck with browsing the food stalls.

Or browsing the big fluffy dogs 🐶 of Normandy

I bought some ripe raspberries 

And some apple ‘pudding’ cake from the 11th century called Taillis. Have you heard of this? Delish

A plan of the Fête 🥳 

A biscuit tin map of Normandy at the train station

Fall 🍁 is a good time to come to France 🇫🇷 for harvest festivals 👍

Do you love ❤️ Normandy?