Retirement Odyssey

The weather remains gorgeous, bright sun, brilliant blue sky, temps in the 60's and low humidity. Our host at Le Barcarrole, says it is much like this all year. (a lot like San Francisco). We're enjoying our Peugeot 308; big enough to be comfortable but still fits in the little streets of these old towns we like to visit.

Had a very nice full breakfast at our B&B. Drove north to Carentac, the next town to pick up picnic supplies then continued north to St Pol de Leon. Visited both cathedrals there and wandered the historic center. Most of the buildings are substantial grey granite structures with occasional pink granite accents.

Continued on to the seaside town of Roskoff. VERY CROWDED on this beautiful Sunday in August!! Drove through much of the town and never found a parking place. Discovered you have to park outside of town and take a shuttle bus in. We decided to picnic and leave instead!

Last stop of the day was to St Thegonnec to see it's very unusual church complex. There is a "calvary" in the church yard created in 1615. It's a crucifix way up top, the two crucified thieves a level lower, then a parade of people, telling the Palm Sunday and Easter story to the illiterate.

Decided we should see the actual village center of Loquenoc on the way home to the B&B. It's a very pretty little place and the church, though quite small, was a real surprise. It contains significant remnants from the medieval church built in ~850 AD, incorporated nicely into it's developing structure over the subsequent centuries. (see 4 ancient carvings from tops of columns)

Went back to Carantec for dinner on the harbor. No seats available indoors, so we had to sit outside; not so great. It was cold and everyone was smoking. Seems there are way too many smokers in France no matter where you go.

Walked - 4.0 miles

Drove- 116 km

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15 Apr 2020

Touring North Brittany

August 06, 2017

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St-Thegonnac, Loquenole, France

The weather remains gorgeous, bright sun, brilliant blue sky, temps in the 60's and low humidity. Our host at Le Barcarrole, says it is much like this all year. (a lot like San Francisco). We're enjoying our Peugeot 308; big enough to be comfortable but still fits in the little streets of these old towns we like to visit.

Had a very nice full breakfast at our B&B. Drove north to Carentac, the next town to pick up picnic supplies then continued north to St Pol de Leon. Visited both cathedrals there and wandered the historic center. Most of the buildings are substantial grey granite structures with occasional pink granite accents.

Continued on to the seaside town of Roskoff. VERY CROWDED on this beautiful Sunday in August!! Drove through much of the town and never found a parking place. Discovered you have to park outside of town and take a shuttle bus in. We decided to picnic and leave instead!

Last stop of the day was to St Thegonnec to see it's very unusual church complex. There is a "calvary" in the church yard created in 1615. It's a crucifix way up top, the two crucified thieves a level lower, then a parade of people, telling the Palm Sunday and Easter story to the illiterate.

Decided we should see the actual village center of Loquenoc on the way home to the B&B. It's a very pretty little place and the church, though quite small, was a real surprise. It contains significant remnants from the medieval church built in ~850 AD, incorporated nicely into it's developing structure over the subsequent centuries. (see 4 ancient carvings from tops of columns)

Went back to Carantec for dinner on the harbor. No seats available indoors, so we had to sit outside; not so great. It was cold and everyone was smoking. Seems there are way too many smokers in France no matter where you go.

Walked - 4.0 miles

Drove- 116 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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