Brittany
Travel Blogs from Brittany, France
France Day 11 - Guérande, La Baule, and St Nazaire
... be eaten!). After an hour or so of exploring Guerande, Catherine drives us through La Baule, a very popular beach destination in France. We are told that many celebrities, "high society", and royalty come through this town during their vacation. Its ...
Bonjour
Hello Everyone, We are having a great time in France! We are staying in Vitre, a medieval city. The house we are staying in is 600 years old! We are staying with a wonderful French family who have three children around the same ages as our three. The ...
Mont Saint Michel
... and the weekend off to extend their holiday. Worse still, it was the last week of the school holidays in that part of France. Our early excursion had spared us the worst of the crowds and we were able to enjoy a few hours of peaceful exploration before ...
France Day 21 - Exploring Brittany and St. Briac
... headed to St. Brieuc (we later discovered it is pronounced 'St. Broo' because it has roots in the native language of Brittany) ... and after calling Francois to come find us in the town hall near the huge cathedral (there is no huge cathedral in St. ...
Birthday weekend
For Easter we decided to take the weekend and return to Normandy as well as explore some of Brittany. It was a wonderful weekend with great weather and beautiful scenery. We started at Le Mont-St.-Michel, an abbey that was built on top of a rock on ...
Almost the End of Europe
24th - 25th September 2007. We drove right through to St Malo from Lacanua which took most of the day. We checked into a budget hotel chain and went next door for dinner....at Macca's. The first time we'd resorted to the golden arches through the ...
Visit to Guérande
Le Pouliguen day three. Today we took a walk along the coast and took tons of pictures. I almost wasted a whole roll, I couldn't help it, it's so beautiful! We then took a drive to Guerande, where part of that town is within a huge fortress. I ...
Brittany
Our next destination was the area to the east of Cherbourg, Brittany where we stayed with yet more english friends Linda and Mel who had up'ed sticks from UK some 18 months ago and decided to renovate a property over here. We picked their brains about ...
R.I.P Juju, Hello Old Bertha
Hi all! I'm still doing well but as my time here dwindles down, I should inform you of relatively important happenings: 1.) Juju is dead I was going to Carrefour to return a bag I'd bought before I left for Paris (note: you have only 15 days to return ...
Journey through Britanny... Morlaix
... . I I took one last glimpse at the atlantic ocean before heading onward to Rennes. One thing that I love about France is the smell. Walking along any busy street is a real treat for the nostrils. You will pass a boulangerie ...
Mc Wifi
Unfortunately the fairy tale turretts and cobble streets failed to live up to expectation and seemed to lack any ambiance. This was probably not helped by us arriving at lunchtime when but everything was shut - French siesta time. After ...
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Angela Poulain (Chisolm)
Salut tout le monde! Je vais très bien et j'ai pas beaucoup à écrire... mais, je vais vous donner une sommaire de ma journée. Today was a very good day! I started off on my journey after a certain roommate of mine encouraged me to take some pictures ...
En Bretagne, Il Ne Pleut Que Sur Les Cons!
"In Brittany, It Only Rains on the Idiots" Don't look at me, I didn't come up with that saying. It's a common saying in Bretagne because of it's infamous climate. Look it up on facebook if you don't believe me! It's a mass generalization that it's always ...
Roscoff
After a awesome night with a groupd of signing irishmen, a fiew germans and way too many beers, we end up in Rosslare with two texans we met on the boat. There are Bretton Crepe stands EVERYWHERE like every 50 meter, and almost every single one of them ...
Brittany
Brittany is salty and seafaring. Staying in a little hotel that is like a lighthouse. Dined on seafood and crepes and cider. On Anzac Day I went to a service for members of the Resistance who died in the concentration camps. This is the 60th ...
J'aime à revoir ma Normandie...
Oh boy... where to start? In Mont St. Michel, a few hours after arriving, we trekked up to a creperie for dinner... something I now know to be an awful idea: apparently, I'm allergic to buckwheat. Right after we ate, my mouth started to itch, but I ...
Roscoff - the exploration
Well, after arriving in Roscoff on Monday and spending the rest of the day recovering in my surprisingly comfortable room in the Hotel Regina, I emerged ready to explore the quaint little seaside town. To cut a long story short - I loved it. It was ...
My last, long weekend
... made me kind of sad to think that in less than a month, I'd be at home. But I am glad that I will be leaving France in a good state. I'm going to be exhausted but I foresee that the overall experience/attitude is going to be positive and I won't be ...
Landing in Roscoff
I really wasn’t expecting anything from Roscoff. So I was very pleasantly surprised to find a lovely quaint little village. The weather was gorgeous, so that obviously influenced my first impression of the place. I made my first ...
10th of July, Tintenerac, Brittany
... posted in Tours, we crossed the region of Centre, spent a week in Cholet and Nantes, and are now trudging north through Brittany. Starting from Tours...We followed the 'Loire a Velo' cycling path for a whole day. About 90km of paved, cycling-specific ...
Well, I guess I'm an idiot
... Paris 4.5 hours away. Train tickets and hotel prices were over 100 euros respectively. Not to mention finding a taxi to Stade de France would be costly. I added up all the added expenses of going to the concert when I realized I'd be spending around 300 ...
Supersize Me
... was so flustered that I just could not look away. Here it was, the iconic image of the obese McDonald's munching American... in France. I almost pulled out a camera to document the image but I didn't want to be a creepy jerk. I chuckled silently and went ...
Retiers pt2
Hadn't meant to leave it so long between blogs, but the last fortnight has gone very quickly and also internet access hasn't always been possible. I'm still thoroughly enjoying myself and have settled into the routine here, it's been a lovely round of ...
Une Semaine Fantastique
... themselves quite a bit. I'm so glad they came and that they were able to see where I've been living. Brittany really is a beautiful part of France. I would say it's the prettiest and has the most character, which is probably why it's a popular vacation ...
Back in the Saddle Again
... it happened. We haven’t been cycling in so long now... All I know is that it was fine when we arrived in France, and it’s broken now. Most of the time they've just been sitting in a corner unused. I wonder if it was ...
Bon un peu de recherche sur mes Ancêtre!!
Bon et ben je suis descendu à Larochelle avec Guy Eric et Loulou!! super ...

