Saint-Nazaire could have been my kind of place.
It’s the biggest harbour on the French Atlantic coast and a working-class city with a long tradition of fishing and shipbuilding.
Browsing Category France – Summer 2020
New 2020 Mask Mandate in France (Everywhere, Even Outside!)
One by one, French cities and towns have been making face masks mandatory outdoors for a couple of weeks now. Le Monde’s headlines were getting ridiculous—“masks mandatory outdoors in Lille! In Paris! In Rennes! In Nantes! In some fancy beach resort! In bumfuck nowhere!”
Deep Into the French Countryside, Between Apple Trees and Vineyards
We followed a small river, la Sèvre nantaise, and stumbled upon a hamlet called Ville Bachelier—just four of five houses in the middle of nowhere. It felts like being in the 1930s.
Nantes by Night – Lights, Moon, Art, People and Mirror-Like River
The river and night sky never look the same. Yesterday night, for instance, it was perfectly still and the water offered stunning reflections. This is rare in Nantes—it’s close to the coast and it’s always windy.
Clisson’s Unique Heavy Metal-Themed Park
Later in the afternoon, we all went to the Hellfest “park.” Clisson hosts one of Europe’s biggest yearly metal festival and the site is open year-rond so you can take a stroll around the… ahem, metal-themed structures.
Night at the Art Museum in Nantes
Art does matter and speaks to us in mysterious ways. I have no explanation for the nude butt cheeks footage, though.