The Normandy seashore city of Trouville-sur-Mer is only a two-hour practice trip from the middle of Paris, however it feels a world away.
Gone are the warmth and site visitors of the town, changed by English Channel breezes and the sound of seagulls screeching via the cobbled streets.
The seashores alongside this expanse of shoreline generally known as the Norman Riviera are extensive, with massive tides, and plenty of Parisians come up only for the day — as I did — enjoyable in chaise lounge chairs underneath colourful seashore umbrellas that line the boardwalk.
The Impressionists captured Trouville’s sandy seashores and shifting skies simply as modern vacation makers started taking to the waters right here within the nineteenth century in what was generally known as “sea bathing.”
Taking a look at considered one of Claude Monet’s Trouville-sur-Mer beach scenes of turreted homes and trendy boardwalk strollers, it looks like nothing has modified since then … besides maybe the strollers’ apparel.
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