He monitored the smooth running of elections abroad. He gave up everything to open his grocery store.
12 years ago, it didn't exist, The sea to drink. I'm talking about the small shop that Jef has set up, on the seafront, Place du Général de Gaulle, in Etretat. Before landing there, he traveled the world. His job was election observer. A scrutineer, who, on behalf of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe), was going to visit polling stations around the world, just to ensure that the elections took place in the rules. We encountered him in Afghanistan, Russia, Ukraine, and the Congo. He was monitoring fraud, that is. Ensuring that we do not stuff the ballot boxes, that we do not end up with more voters than voters.
Alain Lechardeur
MOVE ON
Over time, Jef realizes that observation methods are no longer in tune with the times. And maybe it's time to move on. That's good, that's when he meets his Clothilde. She also works internationally at Médecins sans Frontières. When you want to build a story, if both spend their lives trudging through the world, it's not ideal. Clothilde therefore suggests to her man that they settle down together, not far from the sea.
Alain Lechardeur
INEXHAUSTABLE ABOUT APPLES
How good it must be to no longer live with a suitcase in your hand. No longer going from one airport to another. He swapped the plane for the bike, my friend. He takes the time to live. His pleasure, today, comes through local products. Those he gleans from small local producers. With a predilection for cider products. Now he is inexhaustible about the apple, with which he fell in love. Take the time when you stop by his place, because he will take it. Until Jef offers you some tastings of cider or calvados, you haven't left.
- The sea to drink
1, place du Général de Gaulle
76790 Etretat
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Alain Lechardeur
