Retirement Odyssey
Hard to believe we've been traveling for 3 weeks as of today! Plenty of good weather, fine meals, easy driving (until we look for parking.)
Our home for the next four days is in the Breton city of Vannes (pronounced "van"), our last stop in Bretagne. We're staying in a lovely, ancient manor house called La Maison de la Garenne, a B&B.We're on the top of 3 floors. The front door is just across the street from the city walls and town gardens, the Jardin Garenne.
We drove east from St Evarzec to Carnac, site of three standing stone (menhirs) alignments comprising almost 3000 total stones in 10-11 lines in each of the 3 monuments. These were felt to be outdoor temples, developed ~4500 BC to celebrate some astronomical phenomenon, though probably not the solstices as at Stonehenge. There are also dolmens and cairns or multi-chamber passage graves one of the largest 90 x 30 x 6 meters. The museum, was quite good, but the alignments disappointing as they were fenced off and you couldn't get near them. The national menhirs organization is up in arms that the government has limited access to these sites.
It was only a short 20 km drive eastward to Vannes and our B&B.
Once moved in, we wandered the old city a bit as we made dinner reservations for the next 4 nights at restaurants recommended by our hostess, Christine. Nice quiet dinner (see photo) at La Table de Jeanne then a chilly walk home.
Walked - 5.7 miles
Drove - 136 km
On We Go!!
August 10, 2017
Hard to believe we've been traveling for 3 weeks as of today! Plenty of good weather, fine meals, easy driving (until we look for parking.)
Our home for the next four days is in the Breton city of Vannes (pronounced "van"), our last stop in Bretagne. We're staying in a lovely, ancient manor house called La Maison de la Garenne, a B&B.We're on the top of 3 floors. The front door is just across the street from the city walls and town gardens, the Jardin Garenne.
We drove east from St Evarzec to Carnac, site of three standing stone (menhirs) alignments comprising almost 3000 total stones in 10-11 lines in each of the 3 monuments. These were felt to be outdoor temples, developed ~4500 BC to celebrate some astronomical phenomenon, though probably not the solstices as at Stonehenge. There are also dolmens and cairns or multi-chamber passage graves one of the largest 90 x 30 x 6 meters. The museum, was quite good, but the alignments disappointing as they were fenced off and you couldn't get near them. The national menhirs organization is up in arms that the government has limited access to these sites.
It was only a short 20 km drive eastward to Vannes and our B&B.
Once moved in, we wandered the old city a bit as we made dinner reservations for the next 4 nights at restaurants recommended by our hostess, Christine. Nice quiet dinner (see photo) at La Table de Jeanne then a chilly walk home.
Walked - 5.7 miles
Drove - 136 km
1.
Preparation
2.
Our Journey Begins
3.
Arrival in Normandy
4.
Recalling the life of Jean d'Arc
5.
Farewell Rouen, welcome sunshine
6.
La Route des Ancienne Abbayes
7.
La Jour de Lessive
8.
Continuing west in Normandy
9.
En vacances
10.
Lazy Sunday; Dimanche en France
11.
Brittany, Bretagne, Briezh
12.
The Coast Beckons
13.
Down To the River
14.
Our First Excursion
15.
Another Excursion
16.
Westward Ho!
17.
Touring North Brittany
18.
Channel to Mountains to Atlantic
19.
Hello Birthday Girl
20.
A Change in the Air In Quimper (Kemper)
21.
On We Go!!
22.
Daytripping
23.
"Breaking News"
24.
Medieval festival
25.
Apocalypse Tapestry
26.
"Sunday" on a Tuesday
27.
Visite Guidee avec Sylvie
28.
A Visit To St Etienne
29.
Gloomy Day
30.
A Change in Roofs; Saturday Traffic
31.
Volcano Day .... Up and Away
32.
French Hill Towns of the Massif Central
33.
Je Viens a Vienne
34.
The Grandeur of Roman Vienne
35.
Vienne- continued
36.
2000+ years ago in Roman Vienne
37.
Approaching Provence
38.
The Heat Is On
39.
Vaucluse and Ventoux
40.
Baking with the Romans
41.
Cote de Rhone loop drive
42.
The Red Rocks of Roussillon
43.
Inclement Weather in the East Luberon
44.
Bright Sun in the Western Luberon
45.
Mini-Mistral; Venice of Provence
46.
A Day In the "New" Avignon
47.
An Audience With the Pope
48.
Over the Mountain to Arles
49.
Around and About Arles
50.
Ancient Arle; Coupes des Cheveux
51.
Water to Nime, Birthplace of Bluejeans
52.
Cool and Damp in the City of Denim
53.
Nime's 1st Water Source
54.
Sleeping Like a Monk
55.
Day Trip to Aix en Provence
56.
One Last Trip to the Luberon
57.
Blowing Onto the Cote d'Azur
58.
Cloudy Day on the Cote d'Azur?!?!
59.
Surf and Sun in Golfe-Juan
60.
Souffle Encore
61.
Leaving the Coast; Inland Cote d'Azur
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