Pornic

Last weekend we went to a coastal town by the name of Pornic. It was a very beautiful city, even though there wasn't much to do in the way of tourism. They have a harbor built that completely dries out when the tide leaves, but fills in when the tide comes in. So when we arrived there were a bunch of sail boats just sitting on the ground in the harbor, but by the time we left, the harbor was all filled up. It was really pretty neat. While we were there, we stopped at a place called "Fraserie" or something like that. They had the best ice cream I've ever had. Period. I had this coconut-chocolate that was simply amazing. There are also a few cool rock formations that we spent the last of our time on. They were nice to just sit and watch all the sailboats on the ocean. (Pornic is a big sailing town) Check out the sailboats in this pic. Notice the "chateau" on the right. At this point the water flow was out to the ocean. Later it was cool to see the flow of the water change to coming into the port, to eventually fill up.















A pic of the full harbor. This is taken looking the opposite way of the previous pic. Notice the chateau and the church steeple that's about center of the image in the background. Remember, you can enlarge these pics by clicking them.