Special envoy to Varengeville-sur-Mer
The changing reflections of the English Channel, its white chalk cliffs and its raking lights inspired many painters of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Monet, Auburtin or even Georges Braque, dead and buried in Varengeville, in the marine cemetery, on the side of a steep slope.
But, unlike its neighbors on the Côte d'Albâtre - Dieppe, Pourville or, further afield, Étretat - this village of 950 inhabitants has a little extra soul.
It is unlike any other.
There are no unsightly buildings or wasteland here.
Its maze of alleys slip between corridors of greenery, lush embankments or century-old trees behind which hide houses with a typically Norman character.
Rare are those whose garden - however small - is not given all the attention.
Neglecting its upkeep here is sacrilege.
And anyone who risks it could be singled out by the amateur gardeners of Varengeville-sur-Mer, moreover...
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