Blogs from Dinan, Brittany , France, Europe

Ce blog sera un blog court... pourquoi ? parce que sur notre route nous n'avons eu qu'une seule visite intéressante tant au point de vue promenade dans la ville qu'au point de vue photos... Par contre le blog suivant qui vous mènera vers un lieu incontournable de la Bretagne sera plus fourni en photos, le pourquoi de séparer les deux visites et lieux !!! Nous quittons donc le camping de St Quai Portrieux où la vue nous a enchanté... Une petite dernière donc au lever du soleil et avant notre départ pour Dinan... Nous trouvons facilement à nous garer gratuitement presqu'à l'entrée de la ville... un peu de marche et nous y serons... La cité de Dinan fut fondée en l’an 1000, par les seigneurs de Dinan. Elle se composait d’un hameau, d’un pont sur la ... read more

We took our first tentative steps into Europe with the camper van and into driving on the wrong side of the road when we set off for a week in what turned out to be a lovely little town - Dinan - in Britanny - me, Harriet and Holly. For a small and quiet tourist spot on a river, Dinan turned out to have plenty to keep us happy, even in the mixed autumnal weather we dodged in and out of. Some days we were crossing our fingers that it would stay dry for long enough for us to walk into town and back without getting wet - and, fortunately, it did! So we felt like we'd got away with it. Luckily for us the afternoons were mostly rain-free and, once we got into town, the ... read more

Yo yo yo dwags wazup peps so whatevs soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Today we arrived at the duchess Anne in Dinan Brittany (turns out Duchess Anne was queen of France)yesterday we stayed at a different Hotel in normandie (a hotel built in the 17th century) (ya know the Normans William the Conqueror no you probably don’t so im a Nerd :”( ) we also went to see mount saint Michel it was a giant cathedral and monastery on top of a rock with a village round it in the middle of a river it was awesome I will tell you guys all about it when I get back (hopefully soon :”( ) but then we had to leave Normandie (:”( felling kinda sensitive today) and that’s when we got here but before we did all this (BACK IN TIME ... read more

Day 6 (Wednesday, September 2, 2009) We headed out of Mont. St. Michel early this morning in order to get a head start on our day. I was hoping to possibly see blue skies, but, unfortunately, that was not the case so my mostly cloudy and gray photos of the Mont from the day prior would have to suffice. Our first stop of the day was in the seaside town of Cancale. This small town of about 6,000 residents is famous for its many oyster beds, but we came to simply stroll the quiet backstreets and to enjoy the gorgeous water views. We also stopped in at a bakery to purchase our daily ration of croissants and Mike picked out a flan tart, which was very good. From Cancale, we drove over to a gorgeous ... read more

We hadnt been on holiday for quite some time - 2001 to be exact and our holiday to the USA. What had happened in between was house hunting and house moving which got in the way on holidaying. We moved into our new house in 2001 just before we flew to Chicago and whilst the house seemed a good idea at the time gradually we began to realise it just wasnt what we wanted or needed. For a start we had two cars and a van. The house only had a small garage and drive and this meant that the van had to sit across the road which was hardly convenient. The estate seemed fairly quiet to begin with but gradually more and more houses were being built and with this more and more families moved ... read more