New Year’s Eve on the Isle of Rhé
Harald | December 31, 2008
Winter Tour 2008 – Day 12: After visiting Talmont-sur-Gironde we drove via Mornac-sur-Seudre, La Tremblade and Marennes towards Rochefort, but as it continued to be foggy and uncomfortably cold, we didn’t stop in any of these cities to walk around and take pictures. Just before La Rochelle the fog finally disappeared and made space for the sun and blue sky. That made the decision easier to go on the Isle of Rhé (Île de Ré) and find a place for New Years Eve, preferably somewhere quiet and close to the sea.
The Isle of Rhé was more densely populated than expected, and we were not the only ones visiting this day, but at the end of the road of Les Portes-en-Ré we found a small camper park just meters away from the sea. As expected it was very quiet here and only at midnight we heard some firework explosions far away, probably in La Rochelle.
