September: Port of Honfleur, France

Honfleur is a lovely town.  Le Vieux Bassin is lined with old, colorful row buildings and elegant boats.   It is incredibly charming to wander around its windy, quaint streets.  They are filled with boutiques, art galleries, specialty gift shops, patisseries, and restaurants.   It's a place worth seeing if you are in the area!

Le Vieux Bassin d'Honfleur

an exact Magellan replica

beautiful, old row buildings

Bell tower for St. Catherine's Church

Honfleur at night

at night

Sheep in our backyard...they love to stare us down!

Wow...stunning, old port town!!

Painted en plein aire by my dad, the artist!

On Saturday morning, it was market day!

just can't get enough of it

Fun times with the Mama

Gorgeous macarons!!

And other delectable desserts!

St. Catherine's Church....built by shipbuilders in the mid 1500s.   It was constructed after the Hundred Years War.   Stone & masons were in high demand and in short supply, so the builders built the church like they knew how.    The ceiling & structure resemble the belly of a boat if turned upside down.  

more of the market & charming town

market

lunch outside...prawns

more like a midday dinner 

somehow the legos always make it in the shot :)

Magellan replica

Colin & Dad toured the Magellan ship.

Later back at the gîte, Papa painted en plein aire. 

Lovely!

We topped the night off with a game of cards.