Blogs from Brittany , France, Europe - page 23

BRO GOZH MA ZADOU (Vieux pays de mes pères) « Ni, Breizhiz a galon, karomp hon gwir Vro ! Brudet eo an Arvor dre ar bed tro-dro. Dispont kreiz ar brezel, hon tadoù ken mat, A skuilhas eviti o gwad. Refrain O Breizh, ma Bro, me 'gar ma Bro. Tra ma vo mor 'vel mur 'n he zro. Ra vezo digabestr ma Bro ! Breizh, douar ar Sent kozh, douar ar Varzhed, N'eus bro all a garan kement 'barzh ar bed, Pep menez, pep traonienn, d'am c'halon zo kaer, Enne kousk meur a Vreizhad taer ! Refrain Ar Vretoned 'zo tud kalet ha kreñv ; N'eus pobl ken kalonek a zindan an neñv, Gwerz trist, son dudius a ziwan eno, O ! pegen kaer ec'h out, ma Bro ! Refrain Mar d'eo bet trec'het Breizh er ... read more

My time in France is coming to an end, in fact, I only have eight days left. I have hired a car for three days to tour through the Loire Valley. However, Caroline has given me instructions that I mustn't see all of the chateaus, but must leave some for a future trip. I comply and decide to leave the jewel in the crown, Chambord. As far as navigating through the Loire Valley, I have my not-so-trusty TomTom which turns out to be absolutely useless (I will replace the battery when I get to the UK). Wednesday, 22 September, 2010 Francoise drops me off at AVIS outside of Gare St Jean in Bordeax and I then head towards La Rochelle on the peage (toll-motorway). It's about 6.00pm when I arrive in La Rochelle, however I am ... read more

We’re now in the Somme but let me recap the past two days... We did go to Bayeux and saw the Tapestry - it was magnificent! (... and as we were walking in the street we were passed by the Google Maps vehicle so we look forward to seeing ourselves on a Bayeux street in a future edition of the Google Street View of Bayeux.) We drove on to Rouen, the city most commonly known as the site where Joan of Arc was executed. When we arrived we discovered the Muse Beaux Arts had an exhibition of Impressionist paintings inspired by the city so we saw a large range of works by Pissaro, Gaugin, Turner and other lesser known artists of the time and works by Monet. Particularly impressive were the grouping of five of his ... read more

... apologies for extra delay, have had some technical difficulties.... It’s been a few days since our last instalment and we’ve been busy! Took a driving tour as set out in a travel book on Tuesday... learnt a lot about the author - he’s easily impressed! You call that a gorge?! Good practice for the driving and navigating skills nonetheless. Yesterday (Wednesday) was very wet so we put off our plans until the afternoon when we took a short drive to St Marcel to our south and the Museum of the Resistance in Brittany - it is located on the site of a battle that was undertaken to divert German attention from the D-Day landings. It’s amazing to think of what went on around in WWII. Apparently the local Resistance used the other house on property ... read more

My parents have a house in Brittany, in a small village called St. Martin, they were going there on holiday so I went to see them for a week. It was so great because I hadn’t seen them for 3 months! And my grandparents went as well, they didn’t know I was coming so it was a surprise when I turned up! The house is right in the countryside and we have a huge garden so it was so calm and chilled while I was there, such a difference from cities! For the first day I did not much and chilled out, my family had just arrived as well so we didn’t do much, just ate lots of food! My auntie and uncle also have a house near Guemene so they came to visit us for ... read more