After a short drive, we arrived in Etretat. Parking wasn't available near the town center, so we had a bit of a walk. We did see some cool stuff on the way, like this house with crazy carvings on it.
But Etretat is not known for houses. It's known for the cliffs, which are France's version of the White Cliffs of Dover. So when you go to the beach, you find this staring back at you:
It really is a nice place to visit, the views are fantastic, and it's very charming. A bit like Nantucket in that way. Plus, it's the weekend getaway town for the rich Parisiens, so it's similar there too. Thankfully, you can get away from the town by going up on the cliffs. Here's the sleepy little town of Etretat.
It's great, although the day we visited it was incredibly windy and just a bit cool. I risked my life to take this picture.
But the best view is of the arch and needle. We lucked out by having a perfect sunny day, and it was just so pretty.
Here we are posing in front of it.
After just about freezing to death, we headed back down into town. They were having a small celebration for the end of winter and the start of spring (not actually March 20) and there were weird costumes and dancing and kids dressing up. We decided that some hot food wouldn't go amiss, so we went into a little pizza place and ordered pizzas and cider. It wasn't cheap, but after the walk and chilling wind, it was just what we needed.
As the light faded, we walked down the beach a little to catch the dying sun.
A nice little trip, just what you need to spice up a weekend.
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