It was a spring-like day; one of those February days when the sun shines so bright, the sky is incredibly blue, and you feel warm for the first time after so many months. It makes you wonder if spring has come early this year – and you enjoy it. We sat on the balcony of my friend’s charming apartment in an old building of a traditional Lisbon quarter, on a steep street like so many others that go …
Tag: Brittany
Saturday would be our last day exploring Brittany and we had decided we wanted to see the megalithic sites at Carnac and then go to the shrine of Ste. Anne d’Auray. Soon we were on our way, quite worried at the amount of traffic we could see towards the direction we came from. We only hoped this would not be the case on our return – as Nuno had seen on TV that weekend would be one of very heavy …
The following day we set out along the coast, headed for Perros-guirec and Ploumanach, where the coast displays beautiful oddly shaped pink granite rocks. I was very curious to see them as I had not seen any photos and I was not disappointed. The rocks are huge, pinkish and round shaped- in fact some of them reminded me of hippopotamus! But the unusual colour of the rocks and the blue-grey-green of the sea were magical and the views breathtaking. It …
From Fougères we drove to the place we would be staying at near St. Malo: a charming castle called “Château Hotel du Colombier“. We came into the park surrounding the castle and saw it, pink and magnificent. When we came in we were warmly welcomed by a very kind and attentive lady who was most helpful during our stay. She gave us the key to our room and it was really lovely with large windows overlooking the lawn and the …
Having already been to Scotland, I want to get to know the rest of the Celtic countries. This time we planned for a tour of Brittany. I always try to read as much as I can about the places I’m going to visit, so I ordered the DK Eyewitness Travel from Amazon and there I learned a few things about the country’s history, such as the fact that one of Brittany’s most famous rulers was a woman, the Duchess Anne …
