Food and Drink in Normandy: Diary of a 10-year-old on holiday, in 1992
byASH Smyth
August 2026
ASH Smyth discovers a perfectly-preserved (if slightly smelly) diary from an old school project.
Day 1: Thursday 26th August
We arrived at Neufchâtel at 18:00. We found our hotel and parked the car. We went to enquire about rooms. There were plenty. 'Our hotel' is called the Lion d'Or and is 17-19 Pl Notre Dame, Neufchâtel, Normandy, France.
We went in with our luggage (after going out to get it), took the key to our room and went upstairs.
Supper was served at 18:45. We had a round of drinks beforehand. We chose the fixed menu of 75F per person. I had;
Starter: Oeufs Mayonaisse
Maincourse: Beef tongue
Pudding: cheese (Camembert and Neufchâtel)
Wine: Bourgogne A Ligote
After supper we went out for a walk round the town to look at all the nice closed shops and decide what to buy tomorrow. Tomorrow we will go to a Fromagerie somewhere near Neufchâtel.
