Le trou Normand

There's not a lot to do in the northern towns of France, so by default you take random shots with picturesque backgrounds with a friend - and you drink.

The Calvados of Normandy is the most interesting drink in the region suivant-moi. In Normandy there are green pastures, lifeless beaches, and apples. The apples are so bountiful that after being picked by hand, pressed into cidre, and then fermented for two years in oak barrels - Calvados. These drinks can have an alcoholic content of up to 40%... on a good day.

Tradition in Normandie calls for "le trou Normand" or the Norman Hole, where between pauses in meals you have a shot of Calvados. For Meg and I, the meal break lasted all day, being that Normandy didn't have anything of particular interest going on all weekend. Marzipan filled with Calvados in the form of a apple is one reason to get up in the morning.