🇫🇷 La Rochelle: A Serendipitous Escape

"Paris is Paris... but France? That’s La Rochelle." 💙 ✈️ Why I Came Cheaper than Paris flights 🎫 (bonus: a new city to explore!). Tiny airport vibes: Single-story building, zero chaos—just coastal calm. 🏡 First Impressions Mellow hues: Streets of sand-colored villas (French + Roman + hint of North Africa 🌍). Port life: Yachts bobbing ⛵ (regretted not booking a boat-hotel!). Weather mood swings: Sun ☀️ → rain 🌧️ → hair disaster 💇♀️ (but that water? BLUE). 💖 Kindness Chronicles 1️⃣ Supermarket angel: A stranger offered to pay for my €0.99 tomatoes 🍅 ("I’d never do this—but she did!"). 2️⃣ Italian restaurant MVP: Waiter gifted us "lemon juice" (aka vodka shots 🍋😂). No tipping culture! (Unlike UK/Ireland’s guilt-tripping 🥲). ✨ The Magic "La Rochelle’s beauty is quiet—like a seaside whisper. You just... feel it." 🌊 #LaRochelle #RealFrance #SlowTravelFeels #UnexpectedKindness