Happiness has new coordinates: 46°43'N, 2° 21'W. Ten kilometres long and a maximum of 3.7 kilometres wide, it hides in the Atlantic. Its name: Île d'Yeu.
An island 18 kilometres from the coast of the Vendée. Instead of high-rise buildings, concrete structures and architectural experiments, it is dominated by white-painted houses with colourful, mostly blue shutters and red-roofed, low roofs whose tiles are fixed with cement to withstand the winter storms.
The island's secret capital is called Saint-Sauveur. There is a daily market around the island's oldest church during the season. People exchange news and even more gossip.
You can buy white tuna as tartare, taste boudin blanc, white black pudding with plums. Or enjoy an ash-rolled goat's cheese. And a baguette, parfait ! And then off to a café-bar for a petit noir or the first glass of wine. And on the way there, I discovered this street, which encapsulates the whole flair of the island in one picture.
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