May 2014
Le Havre is a popular stop on a trans-Atlantic cruise, and we’ve been there a few times for that reason. Almost completely destroyed during & rebuilt after the WWII, the city center is pleasant enough to walk around. Le Havre port is touted as the launching pad for a visit to Paris, but it is good two hours(216km/134 mi) away from Paris. We once rented a car and drove 85km(53 miles) west to Rouen, then visited Honfleur(across a bridge just south of Le Havre), and that was a nice day trip. We actually wanted to go to Mont Saint Michel, which would have been a 2.5 -hour drive southwest, but the church was closed that day, thus, we changed the direction.
We usually ended up in Le Havre in May, and there were blooming gardens all around the city. One time we happened to arrive on the first Saturday in May, and there was a big flea market going on in the city center.
The most impressive thing in town, to us, was St. Joseph’s church, which was built after WWII(1951-58) as a memorial to the 5,000 civilians from the city who died during the war.
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