Wimereux

We drove through Wimereux en route to the aire in Boulogne and resolved to go back and have a look on foot, suspecting more interesting beach town architecture. Much of what is there is of the right vintage, late 19th, early 20th, but practically no Art Nuvo and only a little Deco. Mostly Flemish. But it was still an interesting morning, me singing "A Wimereux, A Wimereux, A Wimereux, A Wimereux..." as we passed the sights. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight..."

The beach front goes on for a kilometer or so; this is the wide
boulevard kind of thing that runs atop the sea wall; note the
cabanas are all in a row in front of the residences, businesses,
etc. The cabanas were of such interest that I'll do a separate
post)

A dog doing what dogs must do; "Dogs dogs dog dog dogs"--
Noam Chomsky

Another entry for my Rubbish Bins of the
World book

Looking north to the two capes

And south toward Boulogne

A low tide pond built onto the beach

One of the few interesting Deco structures

Interestingly, all the houses we saw in Wimereux
were named; this the Sphinx house

Nice Deco resto

One of the more interesting specimens was right
next to where we parked

In one of the best small fishmonger's I have seen

Ditto; yum

In the patisserie down the street, chocolate sardines