Brittany General Advice?
Jun 23rd, 2009 | 03:18 AM
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Am back from a lovely week in France.
First of all, a big thank you to those of you who so kindly took the time to give me your tips and advice. Much appreciated.
Usually, Pete and I find that our style of travel is MORE laid back then other travellers and we don't like to cram too much into a given period. But on this trip we were with friends who didn't seem to have much interest in getting out and exploring at all. Infact, most of them restricted themselves to trips into our local town, Roche Bernard, just a few minutes drive (or a 40 minute coastal walk) away. A beautiful town indeed but Pete and I wanted to see more.
We did trips on our own out to Rochefort-sure-Terre and Vannes as well as a few extra jaunts to do some shopping.
A number of the recommendations we gleaned from the various forums on which I posted were on the North coast of Brittany, so just too far for us to visit on this trip.
The one trip we did influence the others to make too was to the standing stones of Carnac. Compared to the single stone or handful of stones one usually sees these "alignments" of rows upon rows of huge stones were very striking.
In the end, we didn't head into the Loire. We realised it was just a stretch too far to drive there and back in a day, so we'll do a second trip to France when we can and visit then!
Our friends aren't as into eating out as we are either so our meals out consisted of local creperies, one higher end local restaurant and a great, simple, local pork specialist restaurant in Herbignac.
The one exception was a fabulous seafood restaurant Pete and I visited on our own when we drove to Vannes. I'll do a review of that for my blog (Kavey Eats) soon.
We did cook at home on a number of evenings and enjoyed great produce from local markets as well as supermarkets. I even cooked langoustines for the first time!
Anyway, we had a lovely week, came back with lots of goodies and are now back into working life again!
First of all, a big thank you to those of you who so kindly took the time to give me your tips and advice. Much appreciated.
Usually, Pete and I find that our style of travel is MORE laid back then other travellers and we don't like to cram too much into a given period. But on this trip we were with friends who didn't seem to have much interest in getting out and exploring at all. Infact, most of them restricted themselves to trips into our local town, Roche Bernard, just a few minutes drive (or a 40 minute coastal walk) away. A beautiful town indeed but Pete and I wanted to see more.
We did trips on our own out to Rochefort-sure-Terre and Vannes as well as a few extra jaunts to do some shopping.
A number of the recommendations we gleaned from the various forums on which I posted were on the North coast of Brittany, so just too far for us to visit on this trip.
The one trip we did influence the others to make too was to the standing stones of Carnac. Compared to the single stone or handful of stones one usually sees these "alignments" of rows upon rows of huge stones were very striking.
In the end, we didn't head into the Loire. We realised it was just a stretch too far to drive there and back in a day, so we'll do a second trip to France when we can and visit then!
Our friends aren't as into eating out as we are either so our meals out consisted of local creperies, one higher end local restaurant and a great, simple, local pork specialist restaurant in Herbignac.
The one exception was a fabulous seafood restaurant Pete and I visited on our own when we drove to Vannes. I'll do a review of that for my blog (Kavey Eats) soon.
We did cook at home on a number of evenings and enjoyed great produce from local markets as well as supermarkets. I even cooked langoustines for the first time!
Anyway, we had a lovely week, came back with lots of goodies and are now back into working life again!
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