Gazette 136
La Rochelle Easter 2015
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Sheila on the balcony of our hotel suite on our first evening
Sheila orders Petit Dejeuner at our favourite boulangerie/patisserie - grand cafe creme & pain au chocolat
The interior of the magnificent Cafe de la Paix / Baker's stall at the open market
The large loaves are cut to size to customer's preference & sold by weight
A favourite haunt, the covered market / Canal leading down into the harbour
Sheila enjoying moules frites lunch in a harbourside restaurant / L'Hermione
L'Hermione is a modern replica of the ship that carried Lafayette to America in 1780
There was big excitement in La Rochelle, where L'Hermione was spending a few days before sailing
to America to replicate Lafayette's journey. The trip across the Atlantic is expected to take 27 days.
Miniature pleasure boat in the harbour / Some of L'Hermione's rigging
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Photographs © Derek & Sheila Henderson 2015