Heres a few snaps from our day trip to Boulogne. France's biggest fishing port. A medieval town, important since Roman times, the dome pictured here is the second largest in europe after St. Peters in Rome. It was rebuilt after it was destroyed in the 19th century during the revolution.
Napolean based his army here from 1802 -05 whilst preparing to invade England.
We ate at the little restaurant pictured below. If you look closely you can see Mezzy sitting in the dark. On the menu was escargot and moulles. Or snails and mussels for the uninitiated. We looked for frogs legs, but to be honest, we didn't know the french word. So mussels and snails it was. And they were fabulous.
The main reason for going to France was ofcourse not to eat snails, but to stock up on cheap grog. We blew a few euros, but filled the boot of our little escort, with copious amounts of tasty treats. Cheeses, meats, pates, beer, wine, champas, you name it. All up we got our bounty for about a 5th of the price it would cost in the U.K. Well worth the 30 quid ferry trip. :)