Snap decision to visit our favorite french town ‘La Rochelle’. It’s a 9 hour drive. We plan to drive the country roads instead of using the motorways.
Oh, do I have to mention? There is a in water boat show this weekend. No plans to buy anything big 🙂
Small Island. Ferry connections only. Colorful buildings. No big box stores. No brand name chains. All buildings two stories high or less. Every little store felt like the time eons ago when the world consisted of small things. Zoomed back in time.
This post contains picture galleries to flip through. Words fail to describe, but somehow even pictures fail. Being here is the thing.
Small is beautiful!
Below is Italy’s answer to the Dodge Ram. Fits perfectly into every narrow alley, supplying stores and restaurants through the backdoor.
Walk Downtown
First walk around downtown and trying to get lost 🙂
Fresh Food
When we came out of quarantine, the first order of the day was replenishing fresh food onboard LUNARA. What a pleasant experience. Even though the shopping atmosphere is eery with face-masks everywhere. Post Corona, normal times will return. We can imagine how lovely shopping and tasting fresh food next year will be.
Getting Groceries:
Gallery shows a food supermarket near the marina in Carloforte.
Small Church:
Another day we discovered this small church downtown. The colors outside match tastefully with the surroundings and the blue sky. Inside, everything was perfect pastels.
What’s going on? Can’t be that so many proposals go wrong. Is there a secret to French life I am not privy to? Did a container with 10000 single roses sank in the Golf du Lyon?
Oh, da würden wir ja gerne dabei sein. La Rochelle !!!!! Super town. Bin auch ein Freund der guten alten Landstrasse , das ist richtiges Reisen. Eine gute Zeit euch!! Vos Fotos de Sud de France sont formidable et j’aimerais bien y aller bientôt. C&A