https://xiaoxin.fr/tags/normandy/ Recent content in Normandy on xiaoxin's Blog Hugo en-us Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:52:49 +0200 https://xiaoxin.fr/posts/a-trip-to-northern-france/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:52:49 +0200 https://xiaoxin.fr/posts/a-trip-to-northern-france/ <p><img alt="View of Étretat beach with white chalk cliffs and the arch" loading="lazy" src="https://xiaoxin.fr/posts/a-trip-to-northern-france/DSC08769.webp"></p> <p>We spent a week in northern France.</p> <p>Before the trip, our image of northern France came partly from movies: white cliffs, the sea, and small seaside towns with restaurants and hotels.</p> <p>Our first hotel was in Le Havre, near Étretat. On the way there, we talked a lot about a story we both knew from school, My Uncle Jules by Guy de Maupassant. I had always thought of Le Havre as the place in the story, or the place where the ship left from.</p>