Father’s Day in my beautiful Morbihan, something to celebrate !!

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Another Father’s Day in my beautiful Morbihan, lovely Bretagne and belle France.  I am still very lucky to have mine alive at 87,not so lucky with my dear Mom Gladys who passed away in 2007 and my dear wife Martine in 2018. I take care of my Dad at home as he is on wheelchair. He made a big effort to come here as what not knowing was to be his last Father’s Day ,my dear Dad Elio passed away January 7 2023. RIP never forgotten, he was a good father.

Thanks to my boys who handle everything and more importantly paid for the meal we had a nice one with everybody except our dog Rex , he is not a father yet and stayed home. Maybe he was better, as the temperature today was 35C or 95F lol really hot as the curvature of Earth makes the sun hotter in our part of the world, so they tell me …

I  have voted in all French elections since 2003 but the one tomorrow the second round of the municipal elections I will skip and stay home. The turnouts are low and no blame as the candidates are well weak to put it mildly no choices only extremes. It looks out as the president will need to negotiate as will have no majority according to the polls. Typical deals behind doors and the life goes on as usual.

Tomorrow June 19 is the official Father’s Day too. However, we went out today as our new restaurant will be closed tomorrow.  We arrived at the Trattoria Italiana resto by 12h05 and had a front table seeing the street; shortly afterward the resto began to be full. This is a new restaurant in town in the spot where the now closed Steak & Shake resto was. Below the parking with elevator/lifts.

The founding family of this chain hails from Gizzeria,a small village of the province of Catanzaro in the region of Calabria, Italy. It is a chain in France with several location, mostly in the ïle de France region. In Bretagne/Brittany it has one in Vannes and another at Cesson-Sévigny near Rennes. Also in Nantes.

Vannes trattoria Italiana resto back cucina kitchen jun22

Vannes trattoria Italiana resto bar counter orders jun22

We went and had our diavolo , margharita, for the Dads with tiramisu caramel, water, lemonade Polara from Sicily for Dad, and I share a bottle of Chianti red with the boys. The only drawback was that with the heat outside ,the AC inside was not tops. The rest is a very nice concept good food and friendly service by all.

I did not want to leave this out on my Dad Elio 85th birthday took him to the bistro Edouard in the centre commercial Leclerc of Vannes and he love it for lunch. Then, took him out again to La Boucherie steakhouse of Auray Porte Océane for dinner and he love it. (this later has closed) . All deserving for a good father that by now have passed away at 87.5 yrs old at home.

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The official Trattoria Italiana resto on Vannes: https://restaurants.it-trattoria.fr/vannes-kerlann/

The RestaurantGuru reviews on the Trattoria:  https://restaurantguru.com/IT-Italian-Trattoria-Vannes-Vannes

The RestaurantGuru reviews on the Bistro Edouard: https://restaurantguru.com/Saint-Edouard-Vannes

There you go folks, just wanted to have this day in my blog for memories’s sake. You have a wonderful Sunday and a great Father’s Day if celebrating it, and keep cool. And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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