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€ and 7,50€ for deck chairs 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 as did Monet, Eugene Boudin, Proust of Paris’ bohemian smart set, flocked here after the train 🚂 line from Paris opened in 1863.

i.e.  Hotel Flaubert along the beach.

A side street decorated with flower boxes. Trouville 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 eaten my breakfast oysters 🦪 in Deauville.

A closer look at those beloved ❤️🍓 Favorie berries.

Please don’t miss out on apple 🍎 drinks when in Normandie.

Eating artisanal food at the source is the best experience 

Available in France 🇫🇷 

If you’re into saussiçon you will be thrilled.

A last look at 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.

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I’m Carol Gillott, an artist living in Paris. Every month I send out beautifully illustrated letters 💌 from ETSY that capture the true Parisian experience.

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