To Normandy....! (2) Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

To NORMANDY….! (2)

We left last Sunday,
a route of about 900 km
from the Netherlands to Helleville, near the coast of Normandy

Our youngest son and his wife invited us
to come to visit our grandsons
while they have holidays in Hellville
a most exuberant 400 years old farmhouse
rebuilt anew and now rented as a huge placet o have holidays

Great Sunday weather to leave
the sun shines neither too bright nor too hot,
along Belgium, in Antwerp we will not stop or stay there,
our youngest son had, due to corona pressure at that time,
explicitly requested the Antwerp international port,
not even in Ghent.

we did eat early in the Van Der Valk Hotel, some pancakes and
a very delicious menu called "'t Hammetjemet mosterdsaus"
only with pure Vittel water, not with white wine,
I have to continue driving
because I have to drive even further

that was a dinner in a small village called Nazareth,
near the border with France
Very quickly through Belgium,
mouth masks neatly stored in the car-drawer,
The map completed with GPS

An overnight stay on the way
in Tourcoing or in Amiens

the good weather continues to accompany us
during our travel to Helleville in Normandy

This was the start of our trip last Sunday.


© Sylvia Frances Chan - All rights reserved
Wednesday, August 26,2020
2: 26 PM in Hellville, Normandy, France