Miscellaneous Carteret and Barneville scenes

I was in Carteret several times with my late friend Charles-Henry (b.1924-d.2023) starting in 2004. His friend Jeanine, the widow of his old friend Philippe, who he had grown up with in Paris, had a house in Carteret that she inherited from her parents, I suppose, because it was the house where her grand-parents had lived. I knew Jeanine and Philippe too, but we were colleagues more than close friends. We all worked together in Washington DC. On the left you see Jeanine's house in Carteret. I wonder if Jeanine's children, who are my age and live in the U.S., have kept it or sold it. I'll probably never know. Jeanine spent summers there, at least in the 1990s and the first decade of the 2000s. For me, those stays at Carteret were really good times. Jeanine's house was literally just steps from the harbor in Carteret (a six minute walk, according to Google Maps). Neither Jeanine or Charles-Henry had a car. They didn't drive at all, so when I went to see them they enjoyed touring around in my little Peugeot, and I enjoyed hearing their stories about their families and their lives. Jeanine was 94, I think, when she passed away. It was a privilege and an extraordinary opportunity for a young American like me to know and spend time with them.

Just above are two more photos of the harbor at Carteret. Notice how the boat is docked in the picture on the left.

The photos below show the beach at Barneville-Carteret and the summertime activities taking place on it. The building with white shutters is known as the Château de Chimay over in Barneville and is apparently an apartment building nowadays. It was built in the early part of the 20th century.