Étretat is a small seaside resort, the white cliffs were painted by Impressionist painters back in the day.
The white cliffs remind me of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, by Ian Fleming, of James Bond fame. One of my favorite books as a kid. I didn't see the movie until much later and it is just ok. In the book, the family leaves England in their flying car and lands on a French beach with white cliffs, totally here!
Yup, another rocky beach.
There is still some fishing and I bet that in August the beach will be full.
June mornings are a bit cool and cloudy.
Great place for Monet and his study of changing light conditions.
Also a place where the Germans put up defensive walls, the ruins of which are still visible.
Definitely worth it to hike up to the top.
Great view of the beach and town as you go up.
One person seems to have gotten the land to build a house up here.
Easy bridge out to the edge but maybe not if you are afraid of heights.
Further along the beach, more cliffs. You can get there on the beach, just check the tides so you don't get stuck.
Enough folks climb around these it made sense to put in barriers
Inside the white chalk cliffs
Few more nice walkways to see it all.
Great view of the far side of the beach, where the tourist train goes. The church is a tourist stop as is the memorial to The White Bird, a bi-plane trying for the first trans-Atlantic flight. It disappeared, likely crashing near Maine just two weeks before Lindbergh achieved the feat. The original monument was destroyed in WWII, I like the look of the more modern monument.
The Sun keeps trying to come out....
The Elephant is also over on that side of the beach.
Just as we finish our walk, the sun is finally breaking through.
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