Retirement Odyssey
Like the Catalonians, the Basques, the Irish, the Welsh, the Scots and others I'm sure, the Bretons have a minority population who are devoted to returning their ancestral language to it's "rightful place" as the official language of their part of the country. Of the 9 departments in Brittany, 5 have accepted this effort. Street signs here in Rennes are written in French (Bretagne) and Breton (Breizh); see photos. We didn't see anything else in the Breton language however.
We devoted the morning to monument/governmental building viewing including the Hotel de Ville/Place de La Maire (town hall) , the Opera House, the Breton Parliament building (burned down by angry fisherman in 1994, rebuilt in 2005), the Abbey de St.George and gardens (now the police department) and the Palais de Commerce. (see photos in that order)
After the PM R&R, we wandered some more quaint areas we hadn't yet seen. It's Monday , so banks and many restaurants and business were closed again today, though some restaurants and and bars opened this evening. We ate at "La Paix" on the Rue de Republique.
As before, 3 days has turned out to be a comfortable stay for us; enough time to visit the "must sees", wander the older parts of town as we like to do , and still leave lots of time to relax.
Finished "All the Light We Cannot See", by Anthony Doerr today.
Walked - 6.8 miles
Drove- zero km
Brittany, Bretagne, Briezh
July 31, 2017
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Rennes, France
Like the Catalonians, the Basques, the Irish, the Welsh, the Scots and others I'm sure, the Bretons have a minority population who are devoted to returning their ancestral language to it's "rightful place" as the official language of their part of the country. Of the 9 departments in Brittany, 5 have accepted this effort. Street signs here in Rennes are written in French (Bretagne) and Breton (Breizh); see photos. We didn't see anything else in the Breton language however.
We devoted the morning to monument/governmental building viewing including the Hotel de Ville/Place de La Maire (town hall) , the Opera House, the Breton Parliament building (burned down by angry fisherman in 1994, rebuilt in 2005), the Abbey de St.George and gardens (now the police department) and the Palais de Commerce. (see photos in that order)
After the PM R&R, we wandered some more quaint areas we hadn't yet seen. It's Monday , so banks and many restaurants and business were closed again today, though some restaurants and and bars opened this evening. We ate at "La Paix" on the Rue de Republique.
As before, 3 days has turned out to be a comfortable stay for us; enough time to visit the "must sees", wander the older parts of town as we like to do , and still leave lots of time to relax.
Finished "All the Light We Cannot See", by Anthony Doerr today.
Walked - 6.8 miles
Drove- zero 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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