Le Havre

When her parents met her at the port in Le Havre, they were shocked by the transformation.

Recently, I called Geoffrey’s from Le Havre, France, where I live, to check if it was still standing.

But also seared into survivors’ memories in Normandy are massive Allied bombing raids that pulverized towns, villages and the cities of Caen, Rouen and Le Havre, burying victims and turning skies fire-red.

Born in Le Havre, Nancy played as a defender across various French leagues before making the jump to coaching.

Reported and photographed along the Seine, between Le Havre and Paris.