Brittany

Hello all, I am writing this from London. We arrived yesterday after a full day traveling from Brittany. We have not been able to update our blog for a while because we did not have access to a computer. We had two magical weeks with Naomie in Paris. Noamie is as an amazing person, and she and her son Kevin were happy to accommodate a family of four into their two bedroom apartment! I have learnt that space is the prerogative of the (very) wealthy in these large cities. Noami took a week of work and showed us around, then we pottered around the city ourselves the second week. We left on the 2nd taking advantage of the Sunday morning traffic to make a quick exit of the city. It worked well, and we were out of the city within half an hour. We stuck to the tollways and had a uneventful (for us) trip to St Malo where we met the folks who were looking after the house we were to stay at in a little village called Plour St Rance, on the banks of the Rance river, Brittany. The fist impression of Brittany is breathtaking. It is an staggeringly beautiful part of the world green, lush, picture postcard stuff, with medieval villages, walled cities, Abbeys green rolling pastures in every direction. Its climate is like Tassie. We were fortunate and only had one day of rain, but judging by the amount of green mould that grows on anything that is left unattended (including boats) for a while, it is very wet in the winter. Also like Tassie, it is a superb boating area with a long maritime history, so I was in seventh heaven, with an anchorage or marina around every corner of the road. The photos I have posted are of our little cottage and the surrounding area. Ill update more later, with highlights; especialy Mt St Michelle, probably the most incredible thing I have ever seen, but I must head off now to explore the sights of London.

Love to all at home...

Peter