Brittany May 24 -27th

We travel up, around and through Brittany. Thanks to our friends for marking a map with some lovely destinations. Arandon and the beach was a lovely stop for a picnic lunch and some cards. The sun was warm and shining brightly and the scenery was even nicer.
A trip into Vannes to explore the old town (castle). It was a Sunday, and a holiday (Pentacost) so the town was very quiet and many things are not open but we explore and find a lot of beauty. This night we couch surf for the first time in Europe. A small village outside of Vannes, is where we stay. Francoise, Gerard and their 16 yr old son Paco are our hosts. They cook us a lovely barbecue dinner of fish, Greek tomato salad, fresh potatoes and homemade bread.

We head further north into Britanny, seeing many churches and small villages before we reach Perros Guirec. This area is famous for their pink granite cliffs. Yes they are indeed pink. It is absolutely beautiful scenery and Tim has a blast climbing on them. We camp this night, and although the night is cold and we had some rain, we did just fine.

We visit St Malo. Amazingly wonderful, the “old village” is a completely walled city sitting on a point that goes out on the water. When we arrived the tide was out and we took advantage and walked out to the bunker (an old German WWII bunker) and then the fort beyond. Truly amazing that the only access is had on foot at low tide. We must have been near the end of low tide because we just made it back as the tide was quickly rising. Tim had a fun time exploring the bunkers. Freshly baked baguettes and happy friendly faces at every turn, make this stop a wonderful adventure.


We greet our next morning with Mont St Michele. What a truly beautiful sight, and it was not even a particularly nice day weather wise. Mont St Michele is a walled city that rises seemingly out of the water. The imposing rock walls are simply amazing. I can hardly wait to explore this incredible looking “island”. We arrive early and the crowds of people from the tour buses are nowhere in sight. Lucky us, as we walk the cobbled roads just as the shops begin to open we get to experience the marvel of the place. We make our way up to the Cathedral and take the self guided tour. We explore, take photos and enjoy our morning. After we have explored for several hours we depart and find ourselves amongst a mob of tourists. So glad to have risen early to visit this wonderful place. Definitely a place we will return to spend an entire day exploring. Thanks Roy for recommending this stop and Alain for helping us map out both of these stops.

~Karen and Jeff~

Mont St Michel

We have gone to a lot of different churches so far in Europe, but Mont St Michel is by far the biggest, most historic and interesting. Mont St Michel is located on a little island that you used to have to get there by boat but now you can drive on the road out to it. Mont St Michel is a Catholic Church, and has a lot of religious statues and crucifixes. But there is also a small but very cool town on the island with the Church.The whole island was used during World War 2 as a German base.

The whole set up of the church is amazing, because there are nice gardens on terraces, and courtyards way up next to the church which is located at the peak of the island/mountain.
~Tim~