The beach in Waterville

The Europeans seem to make do with some pretty dismal looking beaches. This is about as inhospitable as a place can be but there were plenty of people sitting around sunning themselves and frolicking near the water's edge. Nobody was fool enough to venture into the water however. Even though the temperature up on the street where our bus was parked was near 90, down on the shale beach we felt cold because of the wind blowing in off the frigid water.