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Tuesday, 1 September 2015

SEPTEMBER 2015 - FRENCH BRITTANY & NORMANDY COUNTRIES


 “The real expedition travel does not consists in looking after new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
- Marcel Proust     


 72 Hours in  VANNES -CRAQ - St PHILIBERT - CARNAC - QUIBERON - BELLE ILE EN MER - GLENAN ISLE - CROISON ISLE- GLEAN / Day Beach in TROUVILLE - DEAUVILLE - HONFLEUR- UTAH & OMAHA BEACH - Pointe du HOC- ARROMANCHES/MER / ROCHE sur GUYON - St MALO & St SULIAC



My favorite french country side " La Bretagne " from Vannes rail station, a long road with several stops. The scenery begins with signs in Breton.



And a particular architecture.

 with its pretty houses's doors and windows painted in bright colors, and his traps oyster recalling the great activity tunred to the sea in the region

A quick stop at Carnac Market for tasting local products 
Vindilis cruise to " Belle île en mer "
 An interesting and instructive travel with a Breton as a private guide.
 Vauban citadel in the view
 Arrival for a day adventure on one of the most beautiful natural isle of french brittany,
 Anchor ball launched.

for a Natural & simple royal seafood at Vivier, apart snails, pure iodine feast.
Close the harbour, you have a rent car area to organised alone your day travel, drive license is requested  ...

I am ready to meet up fauna of the isle as typical cow and 

seafood & seagull
You can visit the castle
 And  then watch the show of sea storms on the tips of " des Poulains"
There is the privilege to come across stunning deserted beaches at St Philibert Beach. The urge to bathe is not far despite of cold water.

With fine waterfalls at Locmarion

Back to Sauzon 
 Joining Dinard


 With delicious typical patties and pancakes
 Longside the Ocean
 Panoramic view on Dinard yacht
Landscape from the top border 
 Fresh Oysters
with local pure water
Driving to St Malo
Panoramic view after a walk on rocks
Spring over the brittany "beach of St Malo de sillon" 
Myriad of mussels on the rock

Wonderful Sunset St Malo Beach

Relaxing moment


Leaving Brittany 
for Normandy 
 
Landscape
 Mont St Michel
With it's
                                                           hight tide and low tide
 Panoramic view on the bay
 Church of Mont St Michel

Yummy
Relaxing time before

Keep driving up to the coast
Trouville Seafood Market 
Lunch
Fried small fishes
Typical floral street  and


beautiful beachfront villas
Let's join Honfleur visible from the coast of Trouville, 
A short sea tour
 with view far way of Honfleur  Habor & beach
Krab salad front City town in Deauville
Deauville Beach
Here we are at Honfleur 
Concert at The most largets wood church of France
Walk in the beautiful Nomandy vibe streets
 Hiking to the Grâce small mountain
 Panoramic View on
 Honfleur Beach & Le Havre
Splendid panoramic view on Normandy Bridge & Honfleur
Playing with a bird
Relaxing break with wonderful panoramic spot view
Back down
 to the city through Capucins street 
Dinner front 
Honfleur Harbour 
Evening walk 
longside Honfleur  beach 
Night in a typical Normandy house with a sweety family breakfast
Floral coast with Houglate sand beach 
 & Cabourg Beach 
Roche sur Guyon one of the most beautiful village of France 
it's Donjon & Castle
 Tapestry of the
coronation of Esther
View from down stairs
One of the amizing warm
Chapels

 View on Vexin from a window of the Castle
 Limestone

 View on Seine river
Panoramic view on 


 Panoramic view
on Vexin
 Floral street
Shadow near
the vegatable garden
 Wonderful cultural & green hours
 with stunning trees

Breizh ! Da Viken Kenavo => Parole de Breton 


YANNICK NOAH - AUX ARBRES CITOYENS

Cheers ...
Globy