Blogs from Brittany , France, Europe - page 28

It was a short escape from the heat in Paris. There were a lot of interesting discoveries to be found in the city of corsairs and somehow we managed to discover most of them by squeezing ourselves into a busy schedule. During this short two days city break, we visited - La Ville Intra-Muros - The château of Saint-Malo, part of which is now the town museum - The Solidor Tower in Saint-Servan is a fourteenth century building which holds a collection tracing the history of voyages around Cape Horn. Many scale models, nautical instruments and objects made by the sailors during their crossing or brought back from foreign ports invoke thoughts of travel aboard extraordinary tall ships at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. - The tomb of the ... read more

North Brittany to South Brittany via the Channel du Four and the Raz de Sein. We left Guernsey on the 18th of June and had planned to sail down to St Quay as it offers all weather and tide access and we thought it was going to be a pretty easy place to hit the coast and then make our way along the North Brittany coast to West and then South Brittany. We had thought about going to St Malo which was further east but were a bit reticent for some reason, not quite sure why as we had been told by so many people how nice it was. I guess one of the main reasons was that St Quay was going to be a lot less distance to cover for Luke on his first ever ... read more

After April break, I was, of course, back with the Courtets. I dropped normal-English but stuck with History-English, where we are currently studying WWI from the British perspective. Next Tuesday I get to do the talk about me and the US, which, with this class, shouldn’t be that bad. My teacher for Literature broke her wrist three weeks ago, in something involving a race of some kind, I’m not sure what. She was replaced two weeks ago, and we have been rushing to finish the program ever since. The new teacher knows her stuff, but is not as charismatic as the last one. In History, we have almost finished the program, and technically, will finish Tuesday morning, just before the ‘Conseil de classe’ where not only will all of the grades be in, but the teachers ... read more

Its hard to believe we have been here over 18 months. We sat down recently and thought long and hard about our new lives. So many adventures, so many new friends, so many problems overcome and still to overcome. Our old life nestles comfortably alongside the new, friends and family come to stay.... read more

The day we arrived at the coast was dark and cold with the grey sky. Our prayers were not answered and it is hard to imagine that it will be heard again during the day. We decided to stop praying in front of the statue St. Guirec. Locals believe that when you stick a needle in St. Guirec's nose, you can pray for healthy life. I see this habit rather cruel even to stick a needle in an emotionless figure. Anyway, I have lost the needle in the sand, which I brought all the way from Little Paradise. (I left a tiny note where I lost the needle to warn people-hopefully no one would get hurt). It is impossible to talk about the Pink Granite Coast without mentioning the chaos of the rocks. There are so ... read more