Here we don't walk the Haussmannian boulevards. We live the life of those who extracted its stones. Here, we don't walk around majestic castles. We meet a family who is restoring one. Here we do not walk the battlefields of the Somme. We live the life of a bourgeois family who lost their son during the Great War.
Here, we don't go on board the Hermione Ship. We live the lives of those who forged its nails. Here we don't walk through centuries-old cathedrals. We explore an abbatiale church that looks like a cathedral. Here we do not have the Caen Memorial. We live the life of a little boy who witnessed a bomber crash in This is not the Provencal calanques.
But gigantic blocks of limestone are the delight of climbers. But adventure awaits us at the end of our paddle. Here we don't have an azure ocean. But our ponds offer the most beautiful shades. Here, you don't sail off heavenly beaches.
But we are still very "optimist". Here you can't see the Eiffel Tower from a boat. But the river Oise offers the serenity of a cruise above calm waters.
The local church has very colourful stained glass windows and a mural in the choir area. It was built there to relocate the Paris factory, which was too cramped. The Tourist Office sometimes organises guided tour of the premises. The Second World War also affected the village when a heroic american soldier sacrificed his life. The young American soldier barely managed to get his plane upright, but lost his life when his parachute failed to open as he tried to climb out of the aircraft at too low an altitude.
