Vision cruise Day 5 - Honfleur, France

We decided to visit Honfleur instead of Paris on this trip since Paris was a 2 1/2 hour bus ride from the port of LaHavre, France. We visited Paris on our last cruise and decided we didn't want to spend 5 hours on a bus. Instead, we took a ships tour to Honfleur, a picturesk fishing village where the artist Monet lived and painted. LaHavre is located in the province of Normandy on the Northwest coast of France, at the mouth of the River Seine with a population of approximately 200,000. Honfleur is about a 30 minute ride from the port. This charming fishing port dates back to the 14th century. We were lucky to be in Honfleur on a Saturday which is the day of the open air market. We walked along the cobblestone streets where our guide, Silvi, explained the midieval architecture and brought us into the famous wooden church. Lunch was sausages with cabbage and apples that we bought in the market along with a loaf of french bread while we sat on the wall of the harbor. Again, we were blessed with wonderful weather - sunny and 75 degrees.