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