September 2, 2009

From the Apartment Window: Villers Sur Mer

(Looking out on the L'ile aux Oiseaux. Note the small boat).

Marie's new home on the English Channel (in French: la manche, "the sleeve") is a beautiful place. Just 200 km from England, the water here is colder, calmer, but seems no more saltier than the Atlantic. I tried to put up a brief fight when I first arrived that this is really part of the Atlantic, but was properly quieted.

With a summer population of more than 30,000, activities and masses have abruptly ended following last weekends last weekend of the season. Info on Villers and Marie's office of Tourism can be found here.

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