Blogs from Brittany , France, Europe - page 31

We initially thought to take a walk along the coast from the lighthouse to the castle. Given the hot temperature at this time of the day, we decided to take the car which was a sensible decision. We drove back near the entrance where there is a free parking place! I have been struggling to park the car myself since I began to drive this massive ship. I have even failed to reverse the car without asking A to step out to have a look behind. It is a very awkward situatioin for me, but I was dare not to damage the car. Despite having difficulties to judge from the driving seat, I finally parked within two parking space. I am sure that nobody will notice this since we were far end of the car park. ... read more

We decided to cycle along the country lanes as the weather showed us a perfect day for cycling. We had such a lovely time while visiting this place, surrounded by only maize fields in the middle of the country. This place is now isolated in the middle of the country, in an old marsh on the edge of a forest. The Chateau de la Hunaudaye, was built eight hundreds years ago, but now we could see massive outer walls which stands impressively. According the information, we obtained from the ticket desk, this castle was built to supervise the river Arguenon that was used as a border between Pays de Lamballe & Pays de Dinan. To be honest, there is nothing special to see inside. What we saw inside, we could have seen from outside. Nevertheless, the ... read more

Today we planned to go to Saint-Cas, which is one of the most splendid beaches in Bretagne. At the time of our departure, the sky was blue, and the sun was very bright. It was a perfect time to be on the beach. I am going to be behind the wheel of a very old family car. The size of the car was a bit of problem to me, but I was careful not to show my hesitation to anyone. My only worry was how quickly I can adopt the habit of driving the other side of the road. Mademoiselle kept reminding me that I should move this side of the road, then I realised that I have moved into the other side of the road. I drove along the country side while Nanu was sitting ... read more

So we begrudgingly left Portugal a week and a half ago, you might have gathered we could have stayed there forever, but on to pastures new! We left and drove across Portugal and got half way across Spain, about 7 hours driving in 30 degrees (lovely!) and unfortunately just as we left Portugal our indicators stopped working! Sam had a fiddle and managed to get them working for 50% of the journey. Every time we wanted to change lanes we had to fiddle with the relay mounted under the dashboard which as i am sure you can imagine, got a little tiresome and was probably a bit dangerous! Luckily this seemed to work for the time being. We stopped for 1 night at a campsite in Tordesilla, Spain then drove the remainder of the journey back ... read more

So today I decided that I would be ambitious and try to hit two places, Vannes and Carnac. I managed to get out of the hostel by about 9am and zoomed down to the train station to buy a ticket to Vannes. My thinking was that they should have buses to Carnac from Vannes, and at the very least I would see Vannes, as I had planned to. I got my ticket with three minutes to spare before the train left, ran through the station and made it down to the train to discover it FULL. I don't mean just all the seats were taken, but there were people stuffed into every nook and crannie of that train, so full that I would not even be able to squeeze my way on. Apparently they don't assign ... read more