1st day, 6th September: Saint-Denis

 The first day started with a difficulty: Due to credit card problems, I only could get my rental car after some negotiations with the agent and a angry call to my bank in germany. I am upset for having to come back to the agency latest Saturday morning for further arrangements.

Having been bothered about this annoying thing, I started to visit down-town Saint-Denis and its sea side. There is not really memorable things to tell about Saint-Denis: Except a few colonial style buildings, it's not far from being ugly.

Church in Saint-Denis

Saint-Denis sea side

After a two hours visit, I headed south along the east coast, passing by Saint-Benoît to Saint-Anne. There is an extravagant church in Saint-Anne. Bad luck, when I was standing in front of it, the whole church was scaffolded. If you want to have a look, click here: Saint-Anne church.

Finally it became time to look for an accommodation place. The place I found to spend the first four nights is a guesthouse called “L'Orangeraie”. Its a small privat guesthouse in the middle of a garden with tropical plants and fruits. The owner, a very friendly Swiss Lady recommended me an excellent local restaurant “Le Beauvalon” in Saint Benoît, where I got in touch the first time with La Réunion cuisine. Google for “carri” and “rougail”, if you want to know more.