It's the time for love, the time for friends and for adventure.

Françoise Hardy's song perfectly portrays these first days of vacation.

All the more so when they are between adolescents.

After three confinements due to the coronavirus, young people can finally find themselves at the beach.

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In a campsite in Trouville-sur-Mer, this group of teenagers has just put down their suitcases.

They occupy a small family mobile home, a casserole of ravioli is already on the fire.

In the cupboard, ten packets of crisps.

It's their first real vacation without their parents.

"We are a little (a lot) offbeat at the moment. As we are among teenagers, we get up at noon, we eat at 3 pm, we have a drink at 9 pm", launches one of the young holidaymakers in laughing. 

"We felt a bit alone at home"

After the wave of traffic jams of more than 1,100 kilometers accumulated on Saturday, many people wake up on Sunday morning in a setting of relaxation and rest.

For young people, this summer 2021 has a very special flavor: they sound like a reward after long months of deprivation.

All these confinements, "it was a bit sad," says a teenage girl.

"We are in the years when we go out the most, we are starting to have more parties and we could not. We felt a little alone at home," she continues.

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Same story for one of her friends, who left with her.

"It feels good. We can go on vacation a lot. Our parents let us do it, it's nice," she admits. 

"It feels good, the holidays"

A little further on, a group of young people are watching out of the corner of their eyes for newcomers to the campsite.

"If there are young people, why not discuss, have evenings together while being careful, of course," says one of the neighbors of the mobile home.

Beside her, her boyfriend approves this idea.

"Go out, get some fresh air ... It feels good, the holidays", he slips.

And why not make new romantic encounters?

"I'm single," retorts the young man.

And her friend replied directly with a giggle: "he is alone but he has a series of conquests!"