Sunday in Trouville/Deauville

 

Last Sunday I took a daytrip to my favorite places in France

Trouville-sur-mer / Deauville.

For Normandy trains you go to Gare Saint Lazare.

A favorite train station of Monet, who took it to Giverny.

It is a short 2 hour trip at voila!

By the way, I picked up a Steve Rick’s guide to Normandy and he does NOT include Trouville-Deauville! Quelle surprise. Then again it is not over-crowded with foreign tourists (except moi)

I headed to the right over the bridge to Trouville first for lunch. First things first 👍

Ever Sunday there is a massive marché

I found the best strawberries 🍓 of my life. The Normandy producteur called them ‘Savorie’. They were almost crunchy on the outside and naturally so sweet. A good reason to return to Trouville.

I was tempted but abstained. Maybe next time…

What was everyone wearing?

The classic traditional navy & white striped marinier shirts worn both in Trouville and Deauville. It’s easy to pick one up while you’re there.

*The shirt's distinctive blue and white stripes were originally intended to make sailors more visible in the event that they fell overboard. In the early 20th century, the Breton stripes shirt was adopted by artists and intellectuals, including Pablo Picasso, who wore it as a symbol of his French identity.

I was headed, as always, to Brasserie Le Central.

For a my usual plateau de mer. 

It’s a ritual lunch (38€) for me.

It took me an hour of hard labor…those crabs 🦀 are not very meaty.

Then I crossed the bridge and the harbor back to Deauville. 

OK, true confessions. 

Sunday was opening day of the annual August horse races 🏇 at the Deauville  Hippodrome! 🔔 

All non-horse-lovers can leave now (but you will miss out on dinner 🍽️ !)

I was curious what Deauville would be like, since I’m making the rounds of French race 🏇tracks.

I discovered that maybe their plateau de mer is a much better deal 👍 No spindly crabs 🦀 

It is definitely the family thing 

To do on Sundays with the kids.

I love watching the horses parade 

Around the presentation ring before the race, 

Where people decide which horse they will bet €€€ on.

After a couple hours I walked back to town (25 minutes of Art Nouveau houses and Normand cookies 🍪).

For a dinner of moule with cream, mushrooms, cider (21€) at Odyssée (Yum Yum) before my 7:23  train back to Paris.

A very nice day at Trouville and Deauville races 🏇