{"id":1642,"date":"2015-06-01T22:55:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T02:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2015-06-28T14:30:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T18:30:26","slug":"france-2015-brittany-monday-june-1-le-gouffre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/?p=1642","title":{"rendered":"France 2015 \u2013 Brittany \u2013 Monday, June 1 \u2013 Le Gouffre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we were up early to say goodbye to our friends \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>Laundry day!\u00a0 I figured out how to use the washing machine, which took approx 1.5 hours to run through an eco cycle \u2013 yikes!\u00a0 I seem to remember the washer in Villers la Faye taking the same, long time.\u00a0 Must be how they\u2019re manufactured in Europe, as they are supposed to be eco-friendly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1645\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0003-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0003\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0003-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0003.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once I got our laundry all sorted out on the \u201cdryer\u201d, we were off again, this time to Treguier, about 15km away.\u00a0 Our intent was to check out the old town after our picnic by the river, but it was too windy and cold.\u00a0 We will do that another day.\u00a0 Instead, we drove back along all the teeny coastal side roads.\u00a0 What took us 30 minutes to get to, took us 4 hours to get home!!!\u00a0 But that&#8217;s how we roll&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1646\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00061-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0006\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00061-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00061-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00061.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1647\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0007-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0007\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0007-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0007.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is usually always a reward for \u201clet\u2019s try this road\u201d and today did not disappoint.\u00a0 After a few stops to gaze at the sea, we discovered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brittanytourism.com\/discover-brittany\/quintessential-brittany\/plougrescant\" target=\"_blank\">Le Gouffre<\/a> \u2013 The Gulf \u2013 the nationally protected northern most tip of mainland Brittany on the Plougrescant peninsula. Another spectacularly wild, rugged coastline that delivered.\u00a0 Between the blustery winds and the incoming tide, I got some pretty good pictures of angry waves crashing against determined rocks.\u00a0 Oh, and the house built into the rocks that shows up in tourist brochures \u2013 \u201cCastel Meur\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1649\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0043-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0043\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0043-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0043-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0043.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1650\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0052-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0052\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0052-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0052-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0052.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>\u00a0 (YIKES!)<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1653\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00701-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0070\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00701-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00701.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1654\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00821-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0082\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00821-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00821.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00861.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1655\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00861-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0086\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00861-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00861-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00861.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1656\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0088-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0088\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0088-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0088.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00961.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1658\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00961-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0096\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00961-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-00961.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1659\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01131-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0113\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01131-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01131.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01251.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1660\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01251-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0125\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01251-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01251.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1661\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0126-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0126\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0126-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0126-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0126.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1662\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0135-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0135\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0135-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0135.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01392.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1663\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01392-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0139\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01392-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01392.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1665\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0156-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0156\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0156-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0156.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01652.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1668\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0167-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0167\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0167-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0167.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01652.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1667\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01652-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0165\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01652-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01652-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01652.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1669\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0180-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0180\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0180-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0180.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1651\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0055-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0055\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0055-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-0055.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01591.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1666\" src=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01591-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"untitled-0159\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01591-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/untitled-01591.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As (bad) luck would have it, and because we are still struggling with all this daylight (I am not complaining, just stating a fact), we showed up at a couple of restaurants just as they were closing (on a Monday night) at 8:30.\u00a0 We defrosted some leftover spaghetti and tucked into a bottle of Burgundy.\u00a0 Life continues to be good in Brittany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we were up early to say goodbye to our friends \ud83d\ude41 Laundry day!\u00a0 I figured out how to use the washing machine, which took approx 1.5 hours to run through 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