Category: Brittany
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Into Nantes and out again
Our bikes spent the night in the garbage room in Lorient, and then they (and we) took the train from Lorient to Nantes. We stayed in a place near the train station that was in kind of sketchy area, but it was inexpensive. I guess we are cheap. We had visited Nantes last year, but…
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Sunscreen?? Non!
It’s been grey, cool and wet since we’ve arrived in Brittany, which was sort of unexpected after being subjected to all the news stories about Europe being in a historic heat wave! We’ve been staying in hotels and AirBnb’s for most of our days in Brittany, avoiding camping in the rain. Yesterday, we left Pont…
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Old friends of old friends, in Pont L’ABBÉ
Last year, when we were in Brittany, an old friend of Chris named Joëlle told us to visit her old friend Youenn when we passed through Pont L’Abbé. Alas, we decided to head to Slovakia instead of completing a circuit around Brittany, but this year we found ourselves going right through Pont L’Abbé and connected…
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Brest to Douarnenez: 55 miles of hilly with sun!
We stayed in a modern apartment in Brest, small but comfortable. While the building had an elevator to take our bikes up to the floor where were staying, we just left them on the ground floor locked to each other in an alcove. They were still there the next morning. In the morning, the forecast…
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While Europe bakes, cool temperatures and rain!
Normally, when we are riding, we want warm, dry weather. But we can’t complain about cool, wet conditions when so much of the world is roasting. I’m sure we’ll get enough hot and dry weather in Spain so we are enjoying our cool wet Brittany weather while we have it. In these past couple days,…
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A day in Morlaix
We passed through Morlaix on our first day riding last year, but really didn’t get to see the town. We had a lovely sun-drenched lunch at the harbor and thought the town looked worthy of a visit. This year, we decided to stay in Morlaix the first couple nights and explore. As our train pulled…
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First a wedding and then off to Europe!
The weekend before we took off for Europe (flying through London to Paris, where we then will catch a train to Morlaix in Brittany), we attended the wedding of our friends Jennifer and John in Steamboat Springs. We had a great time, enjoying the cool air of the mountains, or at least cooler than the…
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Paddle boarding in France
So, not really knowing the word for paddle board in French, I asked the chilled out server at the beach bar near the board rental place and he pursed his lips in that oh-so-French way and said “ah, le paddle-board.” So I guess that’s it, you just have to be cool and say the same…
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A short day to the beach
It being our first camping day of the trip, we got moving slowly the next morning and then putz’ed around stopping at a market in Quimiac to get Chris a swimsuit (swimming costume for you Brits). Success! Pictures to come as we are at the beach today and tomorrow. We rode just 29 miles today…
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Vannes to St. Molf and first day camping
We left our cozy apartment in Vannes and started east on the BIG trip. We’re excited to start this adventure, and happy that we spent a few days in Vannes. It was great. The route from Vannes to Saint-Molf was about 50 miles with an elevation gain of 1,850 ft. We are mostly following the…