Hotel de Nemours 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!

... round of Affligate please!
Awoke early to freshly brewed coffee and cereal in bed - can't have eggs everyday! Kim convinced me to go for a run later today and not this morning - her reason she was hungry, but I think she was just being lazy :) Not 100% sure what lay ahead today as we had only planned as far as Vitre, which is said to revial Dinan in the mediavel town alure.

... it to the rest of the group, however my horse was scared of him and kept trying to run away. Not fun for my nerves. I did understand that he wanted the horses to hold their heads up high (very weird), and when I wanted to turn sharply rather then use my legs, pull the rein behind my hip (extremely weird, but the horse listened to it). It is a very different style of riding here. I prefer the way I was taught.

... or studied grammar but I've found myself talking a lot more. Actually...I just am talking a lot more. Last Friday, I was so discouraged. I felt like I couldn't talk at all and had the worst time expressing myself. Then I wrote all weekend and my host family felt sorry for me that I had to work so much. Well, sort of. My parents and Camille were gone Friday and Saturday. They just bought their new camping trailer and went to Belgium to pick it up. They actually invited me along ...

... changing and is an experience. I´ve recently heard a phrase that is something along the lines of " You have to leave who you were to find out who you are". It´s funny because Norway wasn´t like this, which was an entirely different experience, one that I treasure, but it wasn´t a life defining one. France is. Its changed me more, challenged me more, and made me appreciate so many things. I am blessed with this chance to live in a culture I´ve admired for years and have ...

Headed back to Paris on the TGV. Watching "Why Did I Get Married?". I thought this was a pretty good movie! Tyler Perry really surprised me with this one. Besides, I was pretty thankful that I didnt have to listen to the overly animated conversation between these French women sitting across the aisle. Vive La France!

... Alex joue aussi 2-3 de ses chansons, et on écoute religieusement... À un certain moment, dépassé une heure du matin (Sarah est couchée à ce moment-là), on ne retrouve plus Mélo ; Yann, perspicace, devine qu'elle est sur le toit de l'appart (NDA : l'endroit était plutôt facilement accessible en grimpant un lampadaire sur la rue, et maintes fois Pierre-Luc nous avait racontés par courriel les soirées tranquilles qu'il passait avec Mélo sur ce fameux toit). Ariane, PL et ...