{"id":1778,"date":"2015-06-06T23:12:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T03:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2015-06-28T16:15:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T20:15:24","slug":"france-2015-brittany-saturday-june-6-faux-megaliths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/?p=1778","title":{"rendered":"France 2015 \u2013 Brittany \u2013 Saturday, June 6 \u2013 Faux Megaliths"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did not sleep last night and I mean all night \u2013 wide awake.\u00a0 This is the second time this has happened since we got here.\u00a0 Oh well, could be worse\u2026<\/p>\n

We took advantage of the market in Penvenan this morning and bought groceries for dinner.\u00a0 After deciding on a roast chicken, we passed by a few stalls that sold their birds with their heads still on.\u00a0 Now I know they start out that way, and I know someone has to take them off, but I\u2019d prefer if the heads were already severed before they got to my kitchen \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 We found another vendor who sold chickens without their heads so bought one there.<\/p>\n

It was drizzly at the market this morning so I left my camera in my bag.\u00a0 But Steve got a few shots, including one of the ladies who own one of the patisseries\u2026<\/p>\n

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Because we had such a great experience at Le Restaurant Le Crustace in Penvenan with our other friends last week (R,R,J,M), we wanted to share that with Jan and Peter so I skipped into the restaurant to make reservations for tomorrow.\u00a0 It turns out they\u2019re closed on Sunday so we decided to eat there tonight and have our market chicken tomorrow.\u00a0 With that all sorted out we headed back home where I had a much-needed 2 hour nap, and woke up feeling so much better.<\/p>\n

I had read that there are impressive Megaliths in Brittany that rival Stonehenge in Britain but they are located in Carnac, about a 3 hour drive from here.\u00a0 Upon further reading, there are also Megaliths around Trebeurden, only a 30 minute drive.\u00a0 Off we went.\u00a0 Turns out they are scattered \u2013 some you can see by driving to them, some you have to hike into, some are on private property.\u00a0 We started by driving and were so totally unimpressed by what we saw we renamed them Miniliths.\u00a0 So glad we didn\u2019t drive 3 hours to see these ones!<\/p>\n

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As an aside, though, when I told the girl in the Office du Tourisme I was from Canada, she told me she thought she recognized my Quebecois accent!!!\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t sure whether I should feel happy about that or insulted as I was under the impression I had learned Parisian French in school.\u00a0 Regardless, I thought it was a hoot, as I’ve only spoken French inside Quebec once since I left it 32 years ago, and that was 15 years ago.\u00a0 Besides, I would have thought I had an English accent.\u00a0 In any case, I\u2019m choosing to feel that my French is adequate enough to fool someone \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

We were on another beach, though, so took advantage of some more exploration.<\/p>\n

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Following the Megalith disappointment, we drove up the coast and detoured onto Isle Grande, a very tiny island full of homes and beaches.\u00a0 We trekked along a path for a bit, watching the tide roll in rather quickly. So fascinating, and scary at the same time, how the tide can produce such lovely beaches one moment, and such erosion the next.<\/p>\n

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Continuing our drive along the coast back home, we didn’t intend to stop at our beach but who can resist the sight of horseback riders on a beach?<\/p>\n

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Dinner in Penvenan was, once again, fabulous.\u00a0 I so enjoyed what I ate there last week, I chose exactly the same menu (shrimp on a skewer in orange whiskey sauce, veal medallions, warm brie salad, apple flan with apple glace and calvados sauce).\u00a0 We all left hours later feeling very satisfied with the food and the exceptional service.<\/p>\n

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