I wake up early and go for a walk in the town. It is time to get to know it better. It is a beautiful morning and the town is very silent. I walk through the city center and go down to the beach. The beach promenade that is normally bustling of live is now completely deserted. I meet some people running and decide to go back and put my own shoes on. I have not been running since I left Sweden so it is about time.

Early morning in Port Olona

The statue of Liberty

The beach in the morning

The inlet to the harbour

The deserted beach promenade

Getting into the shoes

I take the phone with me so I can take pictures if I see anything interesting and start running out to the west point of Les Sables. I stop by the market and soak in the atmosphere before I continue. It is a nice pedestrian road that can be followed and I come across some nice sights, lighthouses. As I turn back, I run out on the boardwalk that sits next to the Saint-Nicolas priory and ends up at the lighthouse that marks the harbour inlet. This priory has over the years been turned into a fortress. Now it sits as a nice welcome to the people coming into the city from the sea.

A stop at the market

A madonna watching out for seafarers

The lighthouse at the point

The boardwalk out to the lighthouse at the inlet

A yacht going out to sea

The Saint-Nicolas priory

I go back to the boat and in the evening, I go down to the beach to have a meal. The crowds are gone so it is easy to get a table with a good view and I sit and look at the people playing football and boule at the beach.

Boule players on the beach