Our lodgings were right outside of the city Granville.
Granville is a seaside resort near the bay of Mont Saint-Michel about a 90 minute drive from Caen. It is a big fishing port and one of the most important shellfish ports in France.
One of my 300 selfies from the trip....
Part of the man made harbour...
German bunkers from WW2. The rusted thing near the front of the shot is a deactivated sea mine.
Some breathtaking views......
The shot below shows the somewhat more "modern" city below. We're on the enclosed fortified part of Granville called "the Haute Ville" the historic heart behind the ramparts.
I have no idea what this storage/cave was originally used for. Looked deserted now.
We visited this church, called "Notre Dame".
Some serious erosion on the limestone here. The wind never stops blowing.....
This house was directly across the street from the church.
Look at the 1st floor window above the door.
Maybe a religious order lives here or something. Kind of strange otherwise to have a lifesize statue of Mary.
Lots of sober grey granite here.....
Very cool elephant door knocker....
These are some of the first residences that you see when passing through the fortified walls to the "old town" of Granville.
This is the gate/door that we entered through to enter the old fortified part of the city.
Now, we're back down to the port and water of the "modern" part of the city.
Guess what these are? Buoys or course. I never realised they were so massive until I saw them up close. I also never realised how involved the coding of them was. Of course it's the exact opposite U.S . to Europe, so you better brush up on your chart before you start navigating your boat here:)
And do you know what these are for? They are for collecting scallops. They might be outlawed now, my memory is foggy on this. (My trip was in April.) As you can imagine these heavy iron cage like things scrape the ocean floor taking everything with it.
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