Postcard fron Guernsey.

Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel near the French coast, and is a self-governing British Crown dependency. It’s known for beach resorts like Cobo Bay and the scenery of its coastal cliffs. Castle Cornet, a 13th-century harbor fortification in the capital of St. Peter Port, now contains history and military museums. Hauteville House is the lavish former home of French writer, Victor Hugo. 

The island’s name, “Guernsey”, like that of neighbouring “Jersey”, is of Old Norse origin. The second element of each word, “-ey”, is the Old Norse for “island”, while the original root, “guern(s)”, is of uncertain origin and meaning, possibly deriving from either a personal name such as Grani or Warinn, or from gron, meaning pine tree.

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