Honfleur

On our route further north we hit the coast at Honfleur, and stayed on a site in view of the famous Pont de Normandie which spans the Seine estuary.


The town of Honfleur is very attractive, the port area particularly so with dozens of restaurants to choose from on the quayside, most offering a range of seafood but with Moules Frites (in many different varieties) the most common.

We have learnt that, in France, if you want a good table and haven’t booked in advance you need to arrive very early i.e. 12 or even just before (unlike Spain where if you arrive before 2 they think you’ve come for a late breakfast!). Most restaurants don’t start service until midday but they are usually happy for you to sit at your chosen table until then, so we sat at a quayside table for two and watched the world go by until they were ready to take our order. We’re becoming Moules connoisseurs now and we’ve come to the conclusion that of all the different sauces on offer, “a la crème”, done well, is the best.