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<\/a><\/p>\nThe outside is also gorgeous, with lots of room for off-street, secure parking \u2013 see for yourselves.<\/p>\n And, the house is located on a \u201croad\u201d that looks more like someone\u2019s driveway.\u00a0 In order for 2 cars to pass, both have to put their outside tires onto the shoulders.<\/p>\n Our trip started Friday night when our flight took off at 11.35pm from Toronto.\u00a0 Seven hours later, with basically no sleep (no drug this time), we landed in Paris \u2013 12:30pm local time on Saturday.\u00a0 Before we left home, Mr. Google told us it would take approx 5.5 hours to drive to our home.\u00a0 Wise people know to not believe everything you read on the internet.\u00a0 After clearing customs, picking up our luggage, and claiming our car (which was easier to find this time because we found an information booth, not because they\u2019ve improved their signage in the airport), we left the airport at 3:00pm and 8.5 hours later!!! arrived.\u00a0 Needless to say, we were very, very tired and the only meal we had, following our coffee\/tea and sponge bread on the flight an hour before we landed, was a burger and fries at a McD\u2019s somewhere enroute.\u00a0 I was so disappointed (and am so embarrassed to admit) that my first meal in France was at McDonald\u2019s!!!!!\u00a0\u00a0 We also survived our first day of driving in France again, more on that later.<\/p>\n Our hosts, Danielle and Jean-Luc, were waiting for us and graciously welcomed us to their vacation rental.\u00a0 We got the grand tour and were shown how the dishwasher, washing machine, heater, and wood burning stove worked.\u00a0 We were shown where the extra bedding was and where the extra towels were.\u00a0 They left us with 12 crepes and a bottle of cider \u2013 both local specialties \u2013 along with beautiful calla lilies that they picked from their garden.<\/p>\n We passed on the cider but tucked into the crepes eagerly enough, and drank tea I had brought with me \u2013 no milk but with sugar we found in a cupboard \u2013 before we crashed around 1:30am Sunday.\u00a0 That was 36 hours after we woke up on Friday morning. Perhaps it would have been better to plan a stop-over about 2 hours outside of Paris \u2013 noted for next time.<\/p>\n Another surprise that awaited us was a national, religious long weekend \u2013 Pentecost.\u00a0 No big deal if we had known that before we arrived.\u00a0 Danielle told us around midnight, Saturday, too late to stock up on groceries as the stores were not open Sunday or today \u2013 something else noted to research for next time.\u00a0 On an orientation drive this afternoon, we managed to find an open bakery in Perros-Guirec so bought 8 croissants, a baguette, and 2 more bottles of local cider.\u00a0 We also bought some kind of ham and cheese pastry that we ate for lunch sitting on a bench, looking out over the sea and a marina.\u00a0 Interesting marina in that it is \u201clocked\u201d with gates before each tide goes out.\u00a0 Those that don\u2019t pay for that privilege are left in the mud, literally.<\/p>\n Ooops, someone stayed too long at lunch!!!<\/p>\n After lunch, walking along the sea wall, we met Anna walking her dog.\u00a0 She sent us to the Caf\u00e9 de la Marine Chez Titine with instructions to ask the owner for a brochure of the towns and sites to see.\u00a0 It was a small, typical French caf\u00e9 where everyone knows each other (other patrons who came \u2013 some with dogs \u2013 gave and received kisses, drank a glass, then left).\u00a0 I was caught a little off-guard, though, by some of the artwork in this caf\u00e9 owned and operated by octogenarians.\u00a0 On a small wall off to the side there were 2 pinups, one for the ladies, one for the gentlemen \u2013 equality for the sexes \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Regardless, we ordered caf\u00e9 cr\u00e8me which is a decent size cup of coffee served with warm cream in a small pitcher and accompanied by daintily wrapped sugar cubes and a square of bitter chocolate \u2013 so civilized \u2013 and took a table at the window to watch the world go by.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our elderly hostess was happy to provide us with our brochure\/map along with animated instructions for how to get to the Granite Rose Coast walking trail from where we were.\u00a0 In preparation, we drove over to a lookout, where we could see the trail and the parking lot, and are now anxious to get on it.\u00a0 We are waiting for our first round of friends to arrive to hike that together.<\/p>\n On our drive home, still desperate for any kind of groceries (we had eaten the rest of our crepes for breakfast), we found a souvenir-type shop and were able to purchase a small package of coffee, some honey, some strawberry jam, and some Madeleines, all of which would see us through breakfast tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n Following an urgent text to our friends earlier in the day, when Rosanne, Rudie, Joe, and Maria showed up late this afternoon, they added milk, butter, cheese, and some biscuits to our stash.\u00a0 You only need to have empty cupboards for a very short period of time to be thankful for what you have.<\/p>\n We were not quite so stressed out about dinners these past 2 days.\u00a0 There are 2 Creperies about 2 minutes away, across from \u201cour beach\u201d.\u00a0 We tried one of them last night and, it was so good, we brought our friends back tonight.\u00a0 The highlight of dinner was watching Joe \u201cexperience\u201d his pot of moules (mussels).\u00a0 After about 5 minutes, he ditched his cutlery and dove in with both hands.\u00a0 Too bad I didn\u2019t have my camera with me!<\/p>\n Tomorrow, we will all head out for groceries, then figure out what we want to do for the rest of the week.\u00a0 Life is good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is Monday, May 25th, and we\u2019ve been settled in our home in Trevou-Treguignec in Brittany these past 2 days.\u00a0 Not sure I could have strung 2 sentences together before now, what with a foggy brain and (almost) malnutrition\u2026 more Read More 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