September: Étretat, France

Étretat is a peaceful and gorgeous place on the Normandy coast of France.   If you are in the area, make sure to stop & see the beautiful, naturally-made arches.   We arrived on a sunny Sunday and took a few hours to walk up the rugged path of the cliff to see the stunning arches.   Impressionists like Boudin, Courbet, & Monet painted a lot of work here.

I am continually in awe of the beauty on Earth!

You can see two arches from the beach.  Here's one.

The smallest arch on the far left side.

Rocky beach

Beautiful day for a sail 

Enjoying our time in France

Nice photo, Mom & Dad!

hikers!

It was so pretty up there.  To the left is the sea, the background is the city of Étretat, and the right is a golf course.  

Just look at that gorgeous blue and emerald green water!

Now, that's a keeper!

We climbed the side that had a bigger arch.

Nice place to perch.

paths of cliff

 getting closer

Having fun together!

Best dad ever!  

 Breathtaking

Our happy Colin!

And there's happy Red!

Colin looks like he is meditating.  :) 

Just check out that white boat and you can get the idea of the scale!

He loved being up there and leading the way!

My favorite!

Chapel on top of the other side of the town

We only stopped here for the afternoon on our drive back home, but what a wonderful place it was!

To view some of Monet's paintings from Étretat, click here.

For Gustave Courbet, click here.

And for Eugène Boudin , click here.