Citea Rennes

I went just one day to Rennes. I thought it was really pretty since all of the houses are made of
rough stones, des maisons bretonnes typiques. Aussi, les maisons sont faites
toutes un peu croches, ca donne un petit style que j'aimais bien.



Et oui effectivement, il fait beau plusieurs fois par jour. It does rain a LOT.
There is mainly what is in every french city, bars, restaurants and shoe shops!

Been chopping some wood for the fire for the last 2 days with ayms cousins and family. 1 of ayms cousins has an old merc he doesnt need, so he has told us we can have it.
Its gonna cost qbout 400 euros to get in insured, mot and on the road, but im hoping rose and mickou will come and split the costs with us.
Petrol to tunisia through spain and africa will cost about 300 euros so its not too bad, hoping to get work in south of france next week to fund it.

Last night aymericks aymericks aunties and uncles came to the cottage with ANOTHER of ayms many cousins (i'm sure he has a factory where they make them), for his grans 85th birthday. Was a good night. But as much as i'm starting to feel at home here, i cant help feeling i want to move on. The excitement of being on the road and ...

... we counted only 4 people on our walk) I popped into a creperie to try the local buckwheat crepe. I ordered one with the lot - egg, ham and cheese. Not bad but doesn't match up to anything I have had at Manison du Scooby of late. Last stop in Vitre McWifi to upload our blog!

... 19th century viaduct spanning high above the port. It was beer o'clock so we found the old towns bar street and settled ourselves down on one of the outside tables. We tried two local beers a Picon and Affligate. Picon a dark beer but tasting like it contained lemonade (hmmm not sure about that one) and Affligate which was like a blonde Leffe - this was a good choice ...

... in the vastness of the old stone walls. The abbey backed on to a lovely garden full of families picnicking, young people romancing, and people just enjoying the summer sunshine. After this we got a bit lost but eventually we made it to the railway station to catch the TGV fast train to St Malo. The woman next to me on the train had a cat with her on a leash that sat on her lap for the journey. Strange.

When we arrived back at the hotel there was obviously something happening ...

Hi All. We are now staying with Pierre and Nicole Petour (Stuarts in laws) a few days after the wedding, in an outer village of Rennes. I will try to add a couple of wedding photos though not of us as i am not able right now to load from our camera. The wedding service was simple but very nice, run by the local mayorwho is a friend of the family. Reception was a fine feast at a beautiful country ...

... and brought lots of goodies from his shop. You wouldn´t believe how much bread we have stocked in our freezer. It was a really nice evening. I talked to my `host´ Grandma for about three hours and we talked about almost everything. Then, I talked to my uncle, his wife and another guest about traveling, drinking problems with the youth and a little comparison between France and the US. It was really fun and gave me the boost of confidence that I´m good, capable, and that I can ...

... d be taking. This teaching opportunity is one of the top things that I want to do while in Rennes. I was so worried that it wasn't going to work out and it started to show. What was worse, I had to wait for everyone else to finish verifying their schedules before sitting down with Staci to figure it out. We talked though it and the timing has worked out. There is a school that is available to teach at on Tuesday mornings. After an hour and a half of that, we finally went to ...

... où nous déambulons (oh le beau mot) dans les rues, s'arrêtant dans les librairies et les disquaires. Je suis pris de légers étourdissements et d'une digestion laborieuse (maudit kebab), ce qui ne m'empêche pas de faire un bon choix de livre quand je décide d'en acheter un à un bouquiniste à Place Ste-Anne ; "Le comte de Monte Cristo", de Dumas (NDA : je ne l'ai finalement jamais lu. L'ayant prêté à Ariane pour qu'elle le commence, elle a oublié de me le ...