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| This is how Saturday went! Now the French are still not satisfied with the pension laws so basically the entire transport system has been semi-paralyzed and of course as my luck has it, my bus to Rouen was cancelled and I couldn't not head to the city on Friday to attend my training session. But then another bus (heading to Dieppe) appeared magically and I hopped on it. The last time I went to Dieppe was somewhere during the summer. Dieppe is also on the coast and it's exactly an hour away by bus from Saint Valéry. The bus ride cost just 2 euros one way and I really wanted to do some retail therapy and Dieppe has some lovely stores. My first stop was my ever favorite Yves Rocher and they have the most adorable beauty products at really nice prices. They had launched a new scent that day called Miel d'Oranger (honey from the orange?) and it smelt divine so I bought myself the candle (pic below) and then proceeded to munch on some pain au chocolat (chocolate bread). Next stop was Eurodif, for a brand new bag (with bohemian prints of course) and some photo frames and napkins for the house. |
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| Miel d'Oranger from Yves Rocher, get it, it's lovable! |
After heading back from Dieppe (I didn't stay too long because you never know how erratic the buses can get and I might just be stranded somewhere if I followed the bus schedule! Yup this is that side of France you never hear about!) Saturday was spent indoors because you had heavy wind and rains on the coast. So bored to death, I decided to question my creativity and sure enough I remembered that back in school I used to love collages. It's been nearly 10 years since I last cut up a magazine and created something out of the pieces. I was not sure what I could chalk up and I decided to go with the easiest and so voilà! a lady with a hat (pic 1 of this post). I am pretty happy with my chef d'oeuvre :) I know that the skin tone of the nose doesn't match the eyes but hey! beauty is present in imperfections! (comment taken from the same photo page on Facebook).
Sunday was the best day of the week. It was really sunny and the people automatically were in a good mood. I walked a lot around the town. It was still windy but the sun was out. Strange weather like this only comes to Normandy. I even walked right up to the lighthouse and the winds were crazy but there were about two fishermen present there and they were really nice. Except one of them didn't really mind taking a wizz in public right in front of me. So weird! I walked all over the "galais" which is what the French call the pretty pebbles that are present on all their beaches (in the north of France? I've never been to the south of France so I don't know whether they have stones or sand on their beaches there).
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| On chronicling autumn, so it's October 17 and the leaves are lush green with slight hints of orange! |
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| Flora around the cliffs :) |
I think I'm slowly beginning to fall in love with Saint Valéry. I love the colour blue that fills the bassin with all the boats, it's a beautiful aquamarine which I can assure, you will only find in Saint Valéry. Sometimes I wonder when people say they're looking for something in life. What if that thing is a colour? I still don't know what I'm hunting for in life. But I'd like to think that the aquamarine colour of the Saint Valéry bassin played a pivotal role in getting me there.
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Aquamarine :)
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On the "galais"
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| Is it a doughnut? Nope! another food shaped "galais". |
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