🇫🇷 Day 3 in La Rochelle - Île d'Oléron Adventure ☀️

🌉 Crossing to Île d'Oléron Free bridge access (unlike Île de Ré!) 🚗💨 Passed Rochefort: "Friend warned it was ugly & depressing... but I kinda liked it?" 🏙️ (Controversial!) 🏝️ Île d'Oléron Vibes Real island life: Supermarkets 🛒, lived-in houses 🏡 (not just tourist fluff!). Black & white lighthouse 🏁 – Surrounded by wild grasses (insta-worthy desolation). Too hot for the beach 🔥 – "We melted faster than our ice cream plans." 🍰 World-Famous Detour Pastry shop 🥇: Owner’s a world champion pâtissière! Strawberry tart (€8): Good... but not "sell-your-soul" good. 😅 🍛 Surprise Asian Food Win Spring rolls: Plump shrimp + chicken 🥟 Coconut curry chicken 🍛: "Silky tender chicken, creamy sauce—why so perfect?!"* Beef dish: Like butter, but meat. 🥢 🌇 Golden Hour Magic Post-dinner port stroll: La Rochelle glows pink at dusk. 🌅 #IleDOleron #LaRochelleEats #UnexpectedDelicious #FrenchIslandLife