Blogs from Brittany , France, Europe - page 30

We had a fairly tourist-filled weekend on our trip to northern France. Our bus left Paris at 7am and we headed out to Saint Malo, a city about 4 hours west of Paris. The drive was beautiful, the hills were so green and all the houses were old stone cottages. Upon arriving in Saint Melo, we headed down to walk in the water which was surprisingly blue. It reminded me of water I would see in southern France, rather than in northern France. I didn't have to avoid any barnacles or seaweed, although the limpets were treacherous. It felt so good to be near water again. The streets here were filled with ice cream, crepes, cute french babies, and beautiful architecture. I've already been named the "baby stealer" on this trip, but I can't help it, ... read more

allo la compagnie! alors, st-malo c était vriament génial la vue sur la mer et le soleil qui nous suit définétivement woow juste pour vous dire je suis lus bronzé en ce moment que je l ai été le reste de l été (mais je voudrais pas vous faire suer) en a fait une super bonne bouffe sur le quai en regardant le coucher de soleil et c était romantique quétaine a souhait! et on a vue des crisss de tabarnac d osti de calice( c est une blague je parle pas vraiment comme ca vous le savez) mais des simonac de petits bateaux en bois! on est allé voir trois musé dont le mémorial qui était de loin notre préféré. bref j ai adoré!! bizzzzous votre mymi ps les crétains de air maroc a la ... read more

The plan: Four cyclists from London make their way to the Loire valley, and cycle and camp and cycle and eat cheese, drink wine, visit chateaus, slaughter the language. Our itinerary included Angers, Saumur, Chinon, Azay-le-Rideau, Loches, and Blois. To keep costs down while allowing us to procrastinate planning, we got to France via train to Portsmouth, overnight ferry to St. Malo, train (TER allows full cycles, not TGV) to Angers, and then similarly for the return, train to Caen, overnight ferry, and train back to London. England was suffering from its stereotypical weather of clouds and sporadic rain, and the ferry crossing was rough enough to make our viewing of Prince Caspian in the ferry cinemas very unpleasant. The cabins were all booked, so we had reclining chairs, but we observed seasoned travelers who laid ... read more

The last day in Bretagne was somewhat a quiet day. The time, I stayed in Little Paradise has gone fast. There is no plan to visit any particular place today. We spent the whole day, walking around Little Paradise & taking photos. The weather was nice very early in the morning then it changed to cloudy and grey. All of us went to a local restaurant called Auberge du Manoir. It was our farewell meal. Our train was leaving at 6.30pm from Landebia which is thirty minutes driving distance from Little Paradise. During my short break, Little Paradise gave me everything I needed. I had the time for myself to think, to wonder around the space where no other people stepped in. I had a plenty of time to visit this wonderful region, and I most ... read more

We sat behind quietly looking at both Monsieur and Madam --- are guiding us somewhere, we did not have a clue. Three of them speak in French, which left me very little opportunity to understand. I mainly focus on reading Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Laclos. Now & then I was abruptly disturb to inform that we were taking this road, that direction, then we have missed the direction to this unknown place. I quietly sat behind & listen to them. Finally, we reached outside a little village where we found sign post telling us to follow. We arrived at the chapel of Kermania, which is famous for many reasons. I realised that that many reasons are enough to visit this place. the chapel of Kermania was built around 13th century in Plouha to commemorate the victory ... read more