On the Normandy coast, the recovery is long overdue

Cabourg, Deauville, Pont-L'évêque (Calvados)

For two days, the boards of Deauville have found part of their walkers. Even if the access to the beach remains closed, the mood is happy on this Saturday afternoon. Sunglasses and masks coexist on the faces. In front of Princess Sophie, a thin queue was formed. "It is slowly picking up," says Mathieu Denis, the owner of this beach institution with his ice cream and waffles, which limits the number of customers inside to four. Usually at that time, we have a crazy world! We will barely make half the normal flow this season. We cannot make up for these two lost months. ”The pill is difficult for the entrepreneur to swallow. In early March, he had just reopened after spending 70,000 euros to refurbish his store. Instead of his usual four seasonal workers, he can only recruit one.

A few hundred meters away, the beach merchant makes the last

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