6/5/2019,
Le Havre, France
Le Havre cruise port to city center was 4km, a 25-min walk.
Princess offered shuttles to the city center for USD$20/pp round trip.
We wanted to buy one-way ticket because our tour bus would take us back
to
the port at the end of the tour, but Princess did not want to sell one-way ticket.
So we took a taxi to city center, and the taxi fare was only 8€.
The massive "Place General de Gaulle" square in Le Havre city center.
Monuments aux morts,
a war memorial.
The avant garde building complex designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.
The cylindrical one on the left is called "The Volcan", an arts production and performing center,
which has a huge statue of a human hand sticking out from a side of the
building walls,
but we don't want to show you a picture of that because it looked a bit
scary.
The other round building is the city library with a Tourist Information inside.
The Tourist Information inside the city library,
with a coffee shop and free WIFI.
Our 11am shuttle to Honfleur was waiting at Place Perret, a small square.
BeeLeHavre used this maroon-colored bus for the task.
Inside our shuttle bus.
if you did not get on the bus early enough to find a forward-facing seat,
you'd be riding backward for the 25-min drive to Honfleur.
Pont de Normandie.
A modern cable-stayed bridge crossing the river Seine with pedestrian, bike & motor lanes.
This bridge connects Le Havre on the right bank with Honfleur on the left
bank.
The Old Harbor in Honfleur.
It was another cloudy day without direct sunshine.
The Old Harbor in Honfleur.
Restaurants and shops lining 3 sides of the Old Harbor.
A street in Honfleur.
A chocolate shop with many nuts.
(We thought about our granddaughter Gabby who is allergic to tree nuts.)
We followed online rave reviews to locate this bakery.
But, it was dark.
A local told us it was closed every Wednesday.
But why Wednesday? Why not close on Mondays, or Tuesdays?
A few doors down was this sandwich shop.
But a sandwich shop is not the same as a bakery.
Another chocolate shop.
Chocolaty product on display. Don't think anyone would buy these to eat.
A one-person vehicle.
A 9-year-old boy fishing in Honfleur.
He said there was no school this afternoon, so he and his friend came fishing.
We asked if he learned English at school?
No, he said he learned English from TV.
We did not have that kind of opportunity because there was no TV in Taiwan when we were kids.
But what about today's kids in Taiwan?
Are they able to learn conversational English by watching TV?