A brief departure from Paris: a train trip to rural Romilly.
Paris offers endless charm, but sometimes it’s great to getaway to the countryside of rural France.
Romilly, a quiet town in Normandy, is not a tourist destination. It doesn’t boast a château or a market square packed with tourists, although they can be found a drive away. It’s a world away from Haussmannian facades and café clatter, but only a 90-minute regional train ride north of Paris.
The journey starts at Saint-Lazare station. Within minutes of departure, Paris fades into green pastures. After getting off the train at Romilly, I walk. There is no metro, no Uber, no taxi to where I am going. Just me and a 40-minute walk through Normandy farmland, heading to visit a 90-year-old, who no longer drives.
It’s just a change of pace, a change of air, and the realization that rural France is a place to get in touch with nature again.
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