Greetings from Trouville-sur-Mer, a beach town little changed since Monet painted it

The Normandy beach town of Trouville-sur-Mer is a two-hour train ride from Paris, but feels a world away, with English Channel breezes and the sound of seagulls screeching through the cobbled streets.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2F04%2F566676034d6b836e5d4f9476ec09%2Ffarflungpostcard-eleanorb.jpg' alt='undefined'/><p>The Normandy beach town of Trouville-sur-Mer is a two-hour train ride from Paris, but feels a world away, with English Channel breezes and the sound of seagulls screeching through the cobbled streets.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-139174' />