Saturday, April 17, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Honfleur
On Sunday the 25th of March, I went to Honfleur. I went with Ambre, her mom, her 5-year-old cousin (Léna) and her grandma (Mamie). It was about an hour drive from Caen. I saw signs for Pont-l'Eveque, which is a cheese but I think also a place. We got there and it wasn't super crowded, but there were a fair number of people out and about.
We went first to this butterfly enclosure. There were SO many butterflies. I took a lot of pictures of them. Ambre's mom said that when there were hardly any people there, butterflies would land on you, but there were too many people there that day I guess. Behind glass, you could see cocoons that were growing, and some were empty! It was quite hot and humid inside the enclosure, so it was kind of nice when you step out of it and the air is cooler around you. They had a small exhibit on insects and water and climate change (I think) around the world.
Next we went to this park where there is a sort of historic path. On the path, there are busts of famous people from Honfleur, notably Samuel de Champlain! Each bust had plants and landscaping and stuff around it, and all of that was surrounded by a hedge in the form of a boat. To clarify, there was one boat-hedge per statue, not for all of them.
The way back to the car was along a sidewalk next to the harbour. I don't think we were where all the sailboats go, but we might have been by where the commercial ones go. And then...in the distance...it's a bird, it's a plane, it's ...da-da-da-DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! The Pont de Normandy! Only it was a little hard to distinguish, but if you looked somewhat attentively you could see it, and it's smooth, sleekness, and stuff. I took quite a few pictures of it. Then, when I wanted to take more pictures ten minutes later, my camera battery died! It seems to do this a lot, although it may not have been fully charged, but it's still not great when it happens.
We were hungry, even though we'd had a few tic-tacs, so we went into this little creperie cafe. We had crepes (surprise!). I had a chocolat one and chaperon rouge (red riding hood) tea. It was red fruit (strawberry/raspberry/other fruits that are red) flavoured, although the tea itself wasn't red. It might have been from tea leaves though, and I remember them looking a little green. Ambre also had a chocolat crepe, Léna had a nutella one, I think Ambre's Mamie had some sort of pie, and I forget what Ambre's mom had. The crepe was really good, and it was warm, which was nice because it was getting cold, almost stormy or at least gloomy, and I think a bit rainy outside. I want to try to make crepes in Canada!
I managed the coax a couple pictures out of my camera by taking the battery out and putting it back in, but after a while it would start up and then shut down before I could take any pictures.
We got back and dropped Léna off at her house, which is near the sea in what I think is by a small town a bit out of Caen. The architecture in the towns is really old, european, historic -looking and i really like it. I like seeing small towns, although some seem more exciting than others.
We went first to this butterfly enclosure. There were SO many butterflies. I took a lot of pictures of them. Ambre's mom said that when there were hardly any people there, butterflies would land on you, but there were too many people there that day I guess. Behind glass, you could see cocoons that were growing, and some were empty! It was quite hot and humid inside the enclosure, so it was kind of nice when you step out of it and the air is cooler around you. They had a small exhibit on insects and water and climate change (I think) around the world.
Next we went to this park where there is a sort of historic path. On the path, there are busts of famous people from Honfleur, notably Samuel de Champlain! Each bust had plants and landscaping and stuff around it, and all of that was surrounded by a hedge in the form of a boat. To clarify, there was one boat-hedge per statue, not for all of them.
The way back to the car was along a sidewalk next to the harbour. I don't think we were where all the sailboats go, but we might have been by where the commercial ones go. And then...in the distance...it's a bird, it's a plane, it's ...da-da-da-DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! The Pont de Normandy! Only it was a little hard to distinguish, but if you looked somewhat attentively you could see it, and it's smooth, sleekness, and stuff. I took quite a few pictures of it. Then, when I wanted to take more pictures ten minutes later, my camera battery died! It seems to do this a lot, although it may not have been fully charged, but it's still not great when it happens.
We were hungry, even though we'd had a few tic-tacs, so we went into this little creperie cafe. We had crepes (surprise!). I had a chocolat one and chaperon rouge (red riding hood) tea. It was red fruit (strawberry/raspberry/other fruits that are red) flavoured, although the tea itself wasn't red. It might have been from tea leaves though, and I remember them looking a little green. Ambre also had a chocolat crepe, Léna had a nutella one, I think Ambre's Mamie had some sort of pie, and I forget what Ambre's mom had. The crepe was really good, and it was warm, which was nice because it was getting cold, almost stormy or at least gloomy, and I think a bit rainy outside. I want to try to make crepes in Canada!
I managed the coax a couple pictures out of my camera by taking the battery out and putting it back in, but after a while it would start up and then shut down before I could take any pictures.
We got back and dropped Léna off at her house, which is near the sea in what I think is by a small town a bit out of Caen. The architecture in the towns is really old, european, historic -looking and i really like it. I like seeing small towns, although some seem more exciting than others.
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