Why go to Le Havre?
 

Any guide book will give Le Havre short shrift, since, after all, it was bombed to dust in 1944 by the Allies. It was replaced after the war by a city built totally from concrete. Who could want to see such a place? So ugly! There are so many other things to see in Normandy.

And yet, in 2005, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.

I went there today, and this is what I saw: http://tinyurl.com/yb8fl73

cos that's where the boats take us when we britons want to escape to a civilised country with better plumbing, more fit women, and edible food.

Why le Havre? Because the museum there has a fine collection of Dufy paintings. And a good gift shop, too.

Keruac, have you been to Cherboug?
I would like to know about it.

Kerouac, your Le Havre writeup is missing... :(

I think I found it:

http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com...-heritage-site

I've bookmarked it and will show the photos to my father the next time I visit him. Growing up, he's mentioned on many occasions that part of his family was from there.

Happy Travels!

As a small boy I spent many a long week in Le Havre and the views of the concrete centre brings it all back, I can almost smell the pong in those walk ways. Still the towering church looks great.

Le Havre has some museums now Malraux for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_Malraux

Interesting pictures.