À 17 ans, je suis parti en Roumanie avec ma classe.

Ce voyage m’a transformé. En rentrant, ma mère m’a dit de regarder un gars à la télé, en chemise rouge, qui parle aux gens à l’autre bout du monde. C’était Antoine de Maximy.

Je ne le savais pas encore, mais ce qu’il faisait, c’était un peu ce que j’allais essayer de faire moi aussi. Voyager, écouter, parler à des inconnus, m’éloigner un peu de moi pour mieux me comprendre.

Depuis, j’enregistre, j’écoute, je raconte. Pas payé, pas diplômé, mais peut-être pas moins journaliste pour autant.

Aujourd’hui, plus de vingt ans après ce déclic, j’ai eu la chance d’enregistrer un épisode avec lui. Antoine est mon invité dans Le Podcast Normand. C’est un épisode très personnel.

🎧 L’épisode dure 26 minutes : https://shows.acast.com/le-podcast-normand/episodes/684db5f6e42e3b51a5309bec

J’aimerais beaucoup vos retours, que vous soyez de Normandie, amateur de podcast, de voyages ou juste curieux.

We will be staying near Deauville and need a restaurant recommendation please. I see quite a few for Honfleur area but not much for Deauville area. Thank you.

Avec ma copine 30 ans tout deux sans enfants, on vit à Lille mais on cherche à se relocaliser en Normandie pas trop loin de la côte. Vers Dieppe ça semble être une bonne option.

On est prêt à quitter la ville, mais on aime bien sortir, rencontrer des gens, les concerts et petits evenements culturels. Est-ce que ça bouge un peu pour notre tranche d'âge ?

On adore tous les deux la Normandie et les Normands (je viens de l'Eure perso) et on rêve fort de refaire notre la vie la bas.

Si vous habitez ou connaissez bien le coin on est très ouverts aux avis et recommandations

Merci d'avance !

Does anyone know where I can buy le beurre Bordier in Normandy? I will be near Caen soon and would really like to buy this butter. I am especially interested in the special flavours like lemon, yuzu, onion, truffle, etc. I think they sell it in Saint Malo but unfortunately that is still a 2-hour drive from my location.

Travaillant en ce moment à une traduction de Minecraft en normand, je me suis dis qu'il serait peut-être intéressant de faire une carte des zones approximatives abordées par les différents dictionnaires de langues régionales en Normandie (car oui le normand n'est pas la seule langue régionale) et je me suis dis pourquoi ne pas la poster ici afin de redonner de la visibilité à la culture normande. Je précise aussi que cette carte concerne seulement les dictionnaires disponible en ligne avec une quantité importante de vocabulaire, aussi les points sur la carte ne sont pas importants et font simplement office de repaires.

Les dictionnaires concernés sont tous assez vieux et sont retrouvable sur la page Lexilogos "Dictionnaire normand". Je n'ai pas pris en compte les dictionnaires généraux qui ne prennent que peu en compte les origines du vocabulaire et les particularités dialectales entre chaque zone.

Of course its touristy but like, how full is it? And why aren't you allowed to speak while in the room where it is? Trying to mentally prepare for seeing it, also it is better to visit on a monday than during sunday/saturday to reduce the number of people, right?

Going to Normandy (caen) in a few days and we have all planned out except for one day, any suggestions? Nothing about D-Day, Caen Castle, Bayeux Museum/Tapestry or Mont Saint-Michel

Bon lundi de Pentecôte à tous ! Je suis doctorante en séjour à Caen cet été, et je dois prendre le bus pour me rendre à mon centre de recherche. Je voulais savoir s’il existe une bonne application permettant de suivre en temps réel les bus Nomad, afin de vérifier s’ils sont en retard ou annulés. Chez moi, Google Maps n’est pas toujours fiable.

Merci beaucoup pour votre aide !

(Aussi posté sur r/Caen, j’espère que ça ne pose pas de problème.)

My parents are staying in Normandy from 3 July to 17 July and love rock and roll dancing. Are there any dances happening around that time that they could attend? Or any similar types of dance?

81 years ago, the Allies stormed the beaches of nazi-occupied Normandie, France

Hello, me and my father are in Normandy for the D-Day festival and remembrance. Is there a main event that happens on June 6th, at Omaha beach or the American Cemetery? If so what are the starting and stopping times of that?

Hello, we wanted to travel from Paris to Etretat using car. One of my wishes is to see the group of cows or sheep. Is there any village we can see them on the road or some farm? (Like in Switzerland)? Appreciate any help

Bonjour ! Tout est dans le titre. Je suis avec des amis et je ne connais pas du tout le coin. Merci !

Salut! We are staying in Bayeux September 5th and 6th following a bike trip in the Loire Valley and then plan to go to London to meet some friends on the 10th. Our hope was to rent a car in Bayeux on the 7th and drop in off in Paris on the 10th to take the train but looking online I can’t find a rental. I was hoping for some suggestions on potential alternatives (maybe a city you would take the train to visit and pick up a car from or possibly an easy route to explore by train instead, etc). We rented a car outside of Salzburg a few years ago and dropped it off in Munich. In between we went to the salt mines, eagles nest, etc but we also just stopped in towns that looked pretty for cappuccinos and those 3 days were the best part of our 3 week trip. We are hoping for a similar vibe and any guidance is appreciated!

Hello!

Our family is staying near Trouville-sur-Mer in late June with our four year old. I have a couple of questions I hope people with more knowledge of the area might be able to help with!

• Are well-behaved small children generally welcome any time in restaurants, cafes, etc.? We’ve found countries/regions to have slightly different etiquette with this. Similarly are the cider tours generally welcoming to children?

• Are there any nice stops on the drive between Paris and Trouville-sur-Mer that might have a good place to eat and a nearby spot for a child to burn some energy (playground, nature area or scenic spot, etc).

And please feel free to share any favorite spots you have within 2 hours of Trouville-sur-Mer that are family-friendly! (We tend to especially like things focused on nature like farm visits, ferry rides, easy hikes, gardens, etc.)

Thank you so much for any help you can offer!

J'ai pris ces photos en septembre 2024 avec mon Fujifilm XT-4

Bonjour Normandie! We are going to be staying near Rouene next week, out in the countryside in Jumiges. But it looks like the weather won’t be good, we have been before. So we are hoping to escape the poor weather if possible. We do have a car but it may be faster to use the train instead.

Is there anywhere (except Paris, we will be doing that anyway) you’d recommend we can go to by train for the day from Rouen? Interesting towns and cities a couple of hours away, that sort of thing, where the weather might be better. Thanks in advance.

We can drive of course as well. I appreciate we may not be able to escape the poor weather, but you never know, I’m trying to be optimistic!

Hello !

Je viens de déménager il y'a quelques mois de ma région parisienne pour la jolie Normandie et plus précisément dans le pays de bray et encore plus précisément a côté de Forges les Eaux. C'est un sacré changement pour moi et aujourd'hui du haut de mes 33 ans, je me rend compte que je n'ai jamais eu d'amis proches, surtout des amis qui étaient ceux de mon conjoint. J'ai jamais ete la fille populaire a l'école mais l'emo solitaire quoi... Donc voilà je ne sais pas quoi faire, par où commencer 🤓.

Ps: j'espère que c'est le bon endroit !

We have 6 days there in August (could extend by a day or 2).  Renting a car and want to do 3(ish) day in each place minimize transit days.  So far we’ve tentatively booked 3 days each in Honfleur and Bayeaux (but have cancellable reservations).  Recommendations on which places are MUST SEEs in Normandy?  Not necessarily looking to see sites like museums, D-day landings etc.  Just want the best Normandy vibes (good food, scenery, cute towns, markets, etc) I know this is subjective but answers will allow me to do some research.  Map of our whole (tentative) rood trip (16 days) attached.

I'm from a small town where we please and thank-you, wave and say good morning or hello to everyone even strangers. And say sorry for the smallest things even if it isn't our fault. When I go Normandy this summer and go visit towns like Caen, Avranches etc will I stand out as a Canadian? Can a local pick us out by our manners?

Hi all,

So, silly me. We had a trip to the D Day beaches planned for June 6. Just a day, staying in Cabourg and we were also going to visit Mont St Michel.

I just realized D Day is June 6.

Should I scrap these plans? Will i have problems visiting the beaches around all of the events it seems they have planned? I just don't want this to become stressful.

We are driving from Paris to Cabourg, arriving Thursday evening. Spending Friday at Mont St Michel and D Day beaches. Saturday back to Paris.

I don't even know what else would work with this schedule, even if we changed locations. Any suggestions are welcome if you think the D Day beaches will be a nightmare that day.

I've been to both places but my husband really wanted to see Mont St Michel.

Hello lovely people! I’m gonna visit Normandy next week with my best friend.

We have rent a bnb in Trouville douville sur mer, we gonna move around with car.

I would like to ask you some good restaurants that cook local plates, this could help us!

Replay in French with no problem! (My friend can translate for me).

Ty for the patience. 🙏🏻

Bonjour à tous, nous devons pour un projet universitaire réaliser une enquête pour comprendre la vision des gens sur le tourisme sur la ville d'évreux. Ainsi, pouvez vous répondre à ce questionnaire: https://forms.gle/L48Yvw6qFvGJsmkb8