Curiosities of Vannes, part II, III, and VII !!!

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Well here I am back with a by now usual name ; actually I am condensing 3 posts into one as they were without pictures as in my black and white series,no pictures, And getting these old posts to new life in my blog for you and me. The pictures are in the individual posts on the sights.  Therefore, here is my take on curiosities of Vannes, part II , III ,and VII !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

We walked by the St Patern district ,very old quaint nice and friendly, and had our lunch in already our favorite place Le Gavroche, 17 rue de la Fontaine.  (now sadly closed) We decided to do the round of créperies and bar à nuits in town that we have been, these include the night time bar A Tribord, 28 rue st Patern. (now sadly closed). The Créperie Dan Ewen, 3 Place du Général de Gaulle is one we had tried a while back,and  after so many crêperies here,this one becomes routine,nothing more. We stop by the Irish pub Le Chat qui Grogne, 12 Place Cabello, right in a quaint area that I just like it a lot. This is for that old Guinness pint and having some real sports watch, Another old favorite was the Saint-Exupéry (now closed) was a brasserie/créperie at 14 rue des Halles, old area, nice buildings and shops all around you,and you can come in with terrace as we did by 8 Rue des Orfévres sitting in a nice square.

Outside the old town in the area of Atlanville is very nice family spot; there are about 6 restaurants,bars to choose from, some local some national brands, A center of entertainment away from the center of the city, We have been many times for football/soccer games to the Irish pub Le Skellig.  For lunch they are light but for nights is packed. Further south and out of the old town you have the wonderful Parc du Golfe at the entrance to the Conleau peninsula you find the Le Master bowling. Very friendly and the prices nice. Here too you find the congress hall for events we come often such as the wine fairs Further, out over the expressway N165 you have the municipal pool where we went once but for others should be ok, This is  Vanocéa. The winter is coming and is nice to have a place to swim under a roof and heated pool for many

In the perimeter of the old town, my boys were a must stop was the Empire Games  (now closed ) a sort of star wars scenes of games and figurines, t-shits etc. ; all chic and different by pl des lices; very nice friendly service. Another store , and bigger now their central area is the Japanim by 14 Bis Rue Emile Burgault  that offers lots of mangas, dvd, cups, etc of the japanese genre of games and movies. My son’s favorite !

Back in the old town section you have the La Belle Illoise, fish canning local ,wonderful; 31 place des lices, La Trinitaine, cookies biscuits ,breton sweets, deco, souvenirs,and fish canning too, glorious at 19 place des lices. Alain Chartier chocolatier and glacier ,ice creams gourmands, mâitre chocolatier de France at 25 place des lices, and also a school of cooking desserts. Monoprix, discount dept store at place Joseph le Brix. La Huche à Pains, the best bakery at 23 Place des Lices.  Right around here you have the  Villa Valencia. 3 Rue Bienheureux Pierre René Rogues ,where I had my filet mignon pork in a wok oriental style ! You go down to Le Port for lunch at one of our favorite places, A l’aise  Breizh Café on top of the Capitanerie du port (harbormaster).

The quant nice covered market or marché couvert des lices at pl des lices. We did some tablecloths shopping at La Tapenalgue, 23 Rue des Halles , wonderful gifts of Brittany and foods items locally done. The store is in the old section very nice quant area to walk too, our favorite. We stop by to our old favorite shopping store  Michel Loizeau  (sadly closed) was at pl Henri IV , the house dates from the 15C! Here we had our Breton winter clothing, bags ,umbrellas,and belts of the finest local quality.  The Pizzeria Don Camillo at 20 rue du port, by the Le Port area across from the canal and the tourist office.

The city of Vannes on its heritage: https://www.mairie-vannes.fr/decouvrir-le-patrimoine-vannetais

The local Golfe du Morbihan tourist office on Vannes: https://www.golfedumorbihan.bzh/explorer-vannes/decouvrir-vannes/golfe-morbihan/vannes/

There you go I feel better updating these wonderful posts of great souvenirs/memories for us. Hoping it brings you over, this is a wonderful town of Vannes and the above while open are tops. Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Vannes, part II, III, and VII !!! as I.

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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