The western-heading Vikings didn't just settle for Britain. They went further out, some of them hilariously rowing into Francia, up the Seine into Paris itself. The French ended up settling it later after other battles by handing over Normandy to a dude called Rollo who swore fealty to the French King. This meant:
- no more Rollo leading his lads into Paris
- no more other Vikings doing it either, since the mouth of the Seine was on Rollo's lands now and he wouldn't stand for that sort of thing.
- French-speaking Vikings.
That's why the region of France called Normandy is called Normandy, and it's denizes the Normans. Norse Men. And well, Normandy is is the north of France too.
Of course, boys will be boys, so while the Normans, that new-breed of French-speaking Vikings did develop a better food culture, they were still very much into the whole sailing/murdering/looting thing. Also teaching foreigners about
cuisine and colours. And well, being half-Dane half-French, it's no wonder they settled on Britain as their next destination.