Snails on the Hills

One morning while staying at the Port-en-Bessin Hotel de la Marine Dad and I climbed up the hills to the South of the harbor entrance. It was a beautiful and the picture below I took is from a similar vantage point. Although I realized years touring the US National Galley of Art that Georges Seurat’s painting of ”Seascape at Port-en-Bessin” is the exact location as one is climbing on the trails away from Hotel de Marine.

The sun had just risen and as we walked up the cliffs talking about a few things and how well the trip was going and then I noticed lots of things moving in grass.

There were literally hundreds of snail climbing through the dewy morning sea grass on the hill. It was just really interesting and I’ve never seen anything like it.

Ok, we were to eat escargot appetizers later that night in the hotel seafood restaurant right below the cliffs.

Fresh, local food. Ecofriendly. I haven’t had snails since because I know they are not fresh. Or am I kidding myself. It didn’t matter the Hotel de la Marine restaurant escargot was fantastic in all its buttery and “garlicky” goodness as were the seafood entrees. Really love that town and love that hotel.

Also they had a great pastry shop on the main drag as brother John also discovered and brought back several treasures for us one morning.

Yum!

 

 

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