Hiking Crozon: Pointe du Guern

Wind and clouds greeted the start of our hike from the big beach at Telgruc-sur-Mer, the Plage de Trez-Bellec. Telgruc is the next town down the Crozon peninsula from us; this beach is presumably the source of its name – -sur-Mer means “on the sea.” We both agreed that this was our nicest hike so […]

The First Haircuts

Maybe it wasn’t the best idea to choose a hair salon at random, but there were only three in town and they all had similar ratings online. We came prepared, with photos of our freshly-cut looks at home. J was a little nervous, as her stylist had said, “I don’t know what I’d tell them […]

Hiking Crozon: La Plage de Pentrez

The weather forecast said a few scattered showers. As we headed out on a hike, the sun quickly disappeared and soon a shower was scattering right on us. Fortunately we decided to persevere. It didn’t last long and we visited the huge, beautiful beach south of “our” beach: la plage de Pentrez (Pentrez Beach). At […]

Some Things Are Different in France: Recycling

Many more things get recycled here, including all forms of packaging, even plastic wrappers, caps, and bags. Surprisingly, paper towels and tissues go with the compostables, not with the other paper goods. Glass goes in a totally separate container, which you have to go find on the roadside. Of course they’re large (all those wine […]

Our Beach

The Plage de Caméros (Caméros Beach) is just a short walk from our rental in Brittany. On the way we enjoy the flowers all around the home of our landlady’s parents, and wonder what they are going to do with all those apples and pears – at the moment they’re just dropping to the ground. […]

Hiking Crozon: (Sunny) Pointe de Pen Hir

We enjoyed our first hike to Pointe de Pen Hir on a gray and drizzly day (see our earlier post). We returned to Pen Hir this week on a brilliantly sunny day; the views were upgraded to spectacular. The water color really is extraordinary in the sun. First, however, we fortified ourselves with galettes (savory […]

Hiking Crozon: Pointe de Dinan

While entering a church in Umbria (Italy), we heard a tourist coming out say, “What can you say? Another beautiful church…” Here in Brittany, what can you say – another beautiful hike! The weather was particularly fine, not a cloud in the sky and about 20C (68F). In tribute to the weather gods, J changed […]

Quimper

We took a quick trip to Quimper a couple of weeks ago to eat at an Indian restaurant we really enjoyed two years ago, when we stayed in Plozevet. The restaurant was, sadly, not the same, but downtown Quimper was delightful. Why don’t U.S. cities and towns have more flowers?

Hiking Crozon: (Almost) Pointe du Toulinguet

Mornings near Crozon are almost uniformly gray. The sun doesn’t rise until around 8 AM, so there’s half the morning gone already. If people in Brittany tell you they get up with the sun (like us), it definitely doesn’t mean they are early risers! Around lunch time, however, the skies lighten, the clouds break up, […]

Hiking Crozon: Pointe de Pen Hir

Every day in Brittany can’t be sunny, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t go for a hike! We headed out toward the southern tip of the “trident” at the end of the Crozon peninsula and something unexpected appeared… But what caught our attention first: The naval architect may be retired, but ship artifacts will still […]