The French still observe the sabbath ..... at least from a business point of view! Other than boulangeries and pharmacies, there were not any businesses open today!! Restaurants, brasseries and bars were almost all closed as well.

Had a nice breakfast in the living room/dining room of our B&B, then walked to the daily market. Due to vacations and the fact that it was Sunday, most of the stalls were closed. We were able to procur enough provisions for lunch including some "cidre" (Tina wants nothing to do with it; "tastes like spoiled apples.") Found some nice bread and sweets at a very busy boulangerie/patisserie.

Visited the Cathedrale St. Pierre, just a few blocks from the B&B. It's very unimpressive on the outside but VERY lavish inside: huge marble pillars, marble walls, frescoed ceilings. (see photos)

Took a walk through town. Streets that were very busy yesterday . were almost empty today. Strange, but nice experience. We went to the Parc du Thabor, created in 1881. It's very nice with formal French style gardens, water features and a large specimen garden consisting of 11 enlarging concentric rings that display hundreds of varieties of flowers plants and trees including some California redwoods!

After our afternoon rest and reading period, we headed off to our creperie, La Motte Picquet, for dinner. Being Americans, we were of course the first to arrive (at 7:00PM) The owner remembered us and gave me a French menu and an English one for Tina. He also gave us some French-English flash cards, intended for children who are eating there, that I was supposed to use to teach Tina some French words.

We discussed our frequent trips to France and he revealed that he travels to the American West (WA, OR, CA, ID, MT, WY, NM) most summers and commented how long the distances were between sights.

The sun doesn't set here until 9:45, so after dinner we walked along the Ile/Rance canal, built in the first half of the 19th century. Contemporary and similar to our Erie canal, the railroads put it out of business. Finished our walk along the Vilaine river.

Walked- 5.8 miles

Drove- zero km