France #5: Lagniappe

Water wheel and window in Bayeux

For this final post about our trip to France, I’d like to treat you to some random bonus photos – a lagniappe, if you will. Lagniappe (pronounced LAN-yap) is a French Cajun word that means “a little something extra.” When bakers add a 13th beignet to the dozen that you ordered, that’s a lagniappe.

Chairs and tables stacked outside a bar and tea room in Honfleur

For my photographic lagniappe, I’m sharing my own personal baker's dozen: 13 of my favorite miscellaneous photos taken during our journey to Normandy and Brittany.

Door hook on a weathered old door in Dinan

You'll notice that these aren't majestic landscapes or grand architectural views like you’d expect to see on a postcard or travel website. While I enjoy capturing a beautiful "postcard" scene as much as the next photographer, this collection features the closer, more intimate, sometimes quirky views that caught my eye as I wandered about.

Flock of birds taking off in Rouen

They’re the kind of views I love to photograph when I visit a place, because they’re not what every traveler with a camera is looking to capture. These photos come from a more personal place, shaped by what interests me and how I see things when I look through the lens. For better or worse, they’re more uniquely mine.

Intentional camera movement across sky and water in Étretat

Sculptures at The Gardens of Étretat

Weathered door in Honfleur

Wall at Arromanches, one of the D-Day landing sites

A shadowed figure inside the Abbey at Mont-Saint-Michel

Vines growing on window grate at cathedral in Bayeux

Across from our hotel window in Mont-Saint-Michel

Birds perched on the cathedral in Rouen

My reflection in cracked plexiglass barrier on bridge, with Mont-Saint-Michel in the distance

Thanks for joining me in revisiting memories from our trip to France. In upcoming posts, I'll be sharing pictures taken much closer to home. Stay tuned, my friends.