Last Day of Summer in Trouville/Deauville

 

No more umbrellas to be seen on the beach 🏖️ last Sunday in August in Trouville/ Deauville.

Nice to know they cost 17€ + 7,50€ to assemble for next year’s visit.

I walked down and put my feet in the bracing water along with the die hard bathers 🏊‍♂️ 

Did you know simply strolling along the ocean 🌊 for 30 minutes is a tonic? You get a good shot of iodine into your system & can forget the salt 🧂 shaker.

I got moules marinière again at Chez Peppy’s

On the boardwalk

And watched families 

Building an ambitious 3-tiered sand castle later decorated with seashells.

I was watched by a patient seagull hoping for a handout 🍞 

Why was I surprised to see everyone wearing Fall clothes on the last day of August? Like sweatshirts with hoodies and leggings.

Why did I wear my Summery French Workman’s jacket, though I thought briefly about the quilted Uniqlo navy jacket 🙄 which everyone else was wearing.

Walking around Trouville is full of small surprises.

Look 👉Rue Saint Germain. It’s perfectly normal to find the same street names all over France 🇫🇷 you find in Paris, but I’m still surprised. Usually they commemorate a person or saint.

The writer Gustave Flaubert used to summer in Trouville.

i.e.  Hotel Flaubert along the beach.

A side street decorated with flower boxes. Trouville really is such a pretty town to wander through. It’s more than the beach.

Of course I walked back through the Marché des Poissons 🦞 

Even though I’d already had my breakfast oysters 🦪 in Deauville earlier.

A closer look at those beloved ❤️🍓 Favorie berries.

Please do not miss out on apple drinks when in Normandie.

Eating artisanal food at the source is the best experience 

You can have in France 🇫🇷 

If you are into saussiçon you will be thrilled.

A last look at the Deauville harbor 🚤 

These 2 sister French towns offer the best of both worlds if you want high-end food + elegance or down to earth simple pleasures in my opinion. And just a short walk either left or right once out of the train station.

And dog 🐶 of the day in Deauville.