Bretagne II
May. 31st, 2019 10:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakAs mentioned, I was on my feet a lot in recent days, since the Breton coast basically demands that you hike. Or just wander on a beach, which looks like a painter‘s palette in the right light. Case in point:
Before I showcase the Breton coast, though, first here‘s another pretty city full of timber, in this case, Quimper. (Written Kem Per in Breton.)
The Cathedral Saint Contiran:
Famous mainly for two things. Its wooden, finely carved pulpit:
And the fact that its choir takes a sharp turn inside:
But enough about Breton towns for now. Let‘s have some Breton light houses. There are these in Penmarc‘h (the name of which reminds me of a Susan Howatch novel set in Cornwall, and since Cornwell is just across the sea, so to speak, it might not be a coincidence):
And there are the most famous ones of Brittany, at the Pointe du Raz.
So how many lighthouses do you spot here:
See the one in the further distance now?
Now, about that beach. The morning mist hadn‘t quite lifted yet, so you got this kind of look at various parents flying kites with their kids:
And you got unimpressed birds:
But mainly, you got this gorgeous beach of beaches:
(If you want to go there, it‘s near Penmarc‘h. No one recced it to us, we just spotted it en route to the lighthouse.)
And in conclusion, have a look at Concarneau, the town in which we are staying. Its historic city centre is on a small island in the harbor, connected to the rest of the town solely via a drawing bridge:
Inside, there is a small town where the church looks like a lighthouse, and the streets are full of cafés:
The rest of the harbor isn`t half bad, either.
But really, it‘s the outside that‘s spectacular:
Which ends my second Brittany post. And no, my French journey this year is by no means finished....
Before I showcase the Breton coast, though, first here‘s another pretty city full of timber, in this case, Quimper. (Written Kem Per in Breton.)
The Cathedral Saint Contiran:
Famous mainly for two things. Its wooden, finely carved pulpit:
And the fact that its choir takes a sharp turn inside:
But enough about Breton towns for now. Let‘s have some Breton light houses. There are these in Penmarc‘h (the name of which reminds me of a Susan Howatch novel set in Cornwall, and since Cornwell is just across the sea, so to speak, it might not be a coincidence):
And there are the most famous ones of Brittany, at the Pointe du Raz.
So how many lighthouses do you spot here:
See the one in the further distance now?
Now, about that beach. The morning mist hadn‘t quite lifted yet, so you got this kind of look at various parents flying kites with their kids:
And you got unimpressed birds:
But mainly, you got this gorgeous beach of beaches:
(If you want to go there, it‘s near Penmarc‘h. No one recced it to us, we just spotted it en route to the lighthouse.)
And in conclusion, have a look at Concarneau, the town in which we are staying. Its historic city centre is on a small island in the harbor, connected to the rest of the town solely via a drawing bridge:
Inside, there is a small town where the church looks like a lighthouse, and the streets are full of cafés:
The rest of the harbor isn`t half bad, either.
But really, it‘s the outside that‘s spectacular:
Which ends my second Brittany post. And no, my French journey this year is by no means finished....
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Date: 2019-06-01 03:38 am (UTC)I'm really enjoying these pics -- my best friend and I went to Brittany while I was in grad school and saw Quimper and the menhirs and as I've said Pointe du Raz and I forget what else, and ate So Many Crepes And Galettes, it was great.
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