"Courseulles-sur-Mer " a Courseulles-sur-Mer Travel Page by Beausoleil

We were on a hunt for moulins in Basse Normandie in late September. We had a lot of trouble finding the mills from the map we got from the Tourist Office and got very hungry at noon so we headed for the shore. Seafood!

We ended up at Courseulles-sur-Mer, parked the car and started looking at menus. We passed this fellow on our search and he seemed to sum up the feeling of the town perched on the fishing nets. I'm sure the fish market was very lively in the morning but it was time for all good Frenchmen to be eating lunch and the birds had taken over.

Note the iron squirrel on the gable. We found all manner of fauna perched for eternity on gables of houses in Normandy. They seemed much more interesting than the plastic owls used in southern California to keep away pigeons.

This appeared to be a museum of sorts. We were looking for lunch so simply used their empty parking lot and didn't visit the place. It did appear to be open but I think most were looking for lunch at that hour.

There are several restaurants directly opposite this place but we found a gem further downtown and had a lovely lunch there.