{"id":1453,"date":"2015-05-27T23:34:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T03:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2015-06-28T13:35:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T17:35:53","slug":"france-2015-brittany-wednesday-may-27-the-pink-granite-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/?p=1453","title":{"rendered":"France 2015 \u2013 Brittany \u2013 Wednesday, May 27 \u2013 The Pink Granite Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one seemed to be in a big hurry today, which suited us just fine.\u00a0 We slept in again but, this time, we had a much better breakfast \u2013 crepes, breads, cheeses, pat\u00e9s, strawberries, honey, jams, eggs \u2013 from a well-stocked kitchen.<\/p>\n

Today was awesome!!! as we hiked the Pink Granite Coast<\/a> trail, starting from Ploumanach.\u00a0 With each corner we turned, and each stone we walked around, there was another amazing view and photo op.\u00a0 The rocks were formed about 300 million years ago as the ice withdrew and volcanoes erupted.\u00a0 Apparently, way back then, this region of the world had mountains higher than the Alps.\u00a0 Over the years, fissures broke these massive rocks apart, then wear and tear by weather and ocean rounded their corners.\u00a0 This trail is completely accessible to strollers and wheelchairs, making it a must-see destination for everyone!<\/p>\n

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See the side of that building just above?\u00a0 It is full of bullet holes, a grim reminder of a time when France was not quite the vacation destination it is today.<\/p>\n

After a few hours, and not a great distance because we took every opportunity to explore nooks and crannies, we ended up in a little town called Saint Guirec where we had a late lunch (more crepes and cider).\u00a0 By then, we were all tired and not excited about the walk back but found a shortcut through some streets back to the car thanks to cell phones and GPS!<\/p>\n

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Tonight, we decided to eat out and chose the Restaurant Le Crustace in Penvenan that we had seen yesterday when we drove by it for groceries.\u00a0 What a discovery!\u00a0 The service was impeccable and the food top notch.\u00a0 Our hostess spoke the most beautiful French, with slow and perfect enunciation (to everyone, not just us foreigners).\u00a0 I was able to understand everything she said!\u00a0 We all chose from the prix fixe menu.\u00a0 All the guys had moules appetizers, Rosanne and I had the most delicious shrimp on skewers in an orange whiskey sauce.\u00a0 I couldn’t get enough of that sauce and not a drop was missed as I used my bread to soak it all up!!!\u00a0 Steve and I both had veal medallions in another fabulous sauce, then salads \u2013 his with warm chevre, mine with warm brie.\u00a0 We followed all that up with an apple flan with apple glace and calvados sauce.\u00a0 YUM!\u00a0 For this, we paid only 27 euros each!\u00a0 Oh, plus the wine, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No one seemed to be in a big hurry today, which suited us just fine.\u00a0 We slept in again but, this time, we had a much better breakfast \u2013 crepes, breads, cheeses, pat\u00e9s, strawberries, honey, jams, eggs \u2013 from a Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,3,10,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brittany","category-france","category-friends","category-hiking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1751,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions\/1751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}