The La Boucherie steakhouse and Mother’s Day !!!

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I have come back to a family favorite on Saturday to celebrate Mother’s Day in France which is on next day Sunday , The area is well visit by us as many restaurants, shops, hypermarket, stores and cinema are around it, I will take the time to indulge myself in telling you again this particular restaurant for the memories of always, I have several posts on these dates in my blog and read them often. Therefore, let me tell you about the La Boucherie steakhouse and Mother’s Day !!!  Hope you enjoy the post as I

 I have come back again for a special day, Sunday May 31th is Mother’s Day or Fêtes des Méres in my belle France ! This now is sad as we have no mothers to celebrate now, but do so in rememberance of all they have given us, and it has been huge, Thank you always my dear Mom Gladys and my dear wife Martine,always remembered, After all as said, my blog is my life’s history !!! And to those celebrating this day Happy Mother’s Day to all present and in your hearts, worth it they are precious indeed,

We came back to one restaurant my dear Martine love, the La Boucherie steakhouse at Rue du Gay Lussac, Zone du Parc lann, Vannes , I came with my wonderful 3 boys, and our dog Rex which was the star of the day by all present, one customer even gave him her steak! My sons drag me into it and of course I need to move on and do came in had my pavé de rumsteak with white rice, strawberries ice cream fraisier and down with a bottle of Château La Rose de Vitrac Bordeaux red , My boys all had different dishes as always lol !!!

A bit of history of Mother’s Day tell us that the festivities already existed in Antiquity. Indeed, the Greeks celebrated Rhea, the mother of the gods, and the Romans paid homage to mothers or the “matronas” during festivals called “Matronalia” . These days were celebrated in the spring, the month of fertility. In the 16C, the English celebrated “Mothering Sunday,” and Americans celebrated “Mother’s Day” in the 20C. At the end of the Great War or WWI, the concept of Mother’s Day took hold in Europe. It was spread by young members of American relief organizations for occupied populations (the CRB, or Relief Commission in Belgium and occupied Northern France, founded by Herbert Hoover) or for wounded soldiers at the front (the American Red Cross), and especially by the American soldiers of General John Pershing’s Expeditionary Force who arrived en masse from April 1917 onwards. In May 1918, Pershing ordered that postcards of appreciation be distributed to all soldiers under his command (some were English, Dutch, French, or Belgian) to be sent for Mother’s Day, and he also commissioned Gaumont to produce a newsreel. For info, in the United States, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May; and in Spain, it’s on the first Sunday of May.

The village of Artas in Isère (dept 38) claims to be the “birthplace of Mother’s Day” in France, In fact, on June 10, 1906, at the initiative of Prosper Roche, founder of the Fraternal Union of Meritorious Fathers of Families of Artas, a ceremony was held in honor of mothers of large families. Two mothers of nine children received an award for “High Maternal Merit” that day. The original diploma created by Prosper Roche is preserved in the library of the Institut de France along with the archives of the association, In France, the first Mother’s Day was established in Lyon in 1918 to honor the mothers and wives who lost their sons and husbands during the Great War or WWI. It was popularized by American soldiers. Then, on May 25, 1941, Marshal Pétain officially added Mother’s Day to the calendar. Mother’s Day was officially established after the WWII by Vincent Auriol, President of the French Republic,(France) with the law of May 24, 1950. In France, it is celebrated on the last Sunday of May , and if this day coincides with Pentecost, the celebration is moved to the first Sunday of June. This year 2026 was on Sunday May 31st,

The official La Boucherie restaurant on Vannes:  https://www.la-boucherie.fr/restaurant-viande/vannes/

The RestaurantGuru reviews on the Vannes resto: https://restaurantguru.com/La-Boucherie-Vannes

There you go folks, yes it is now more painful but for the sake of life continuation we need to make the best of it; now with more vivid memories than ever as my dear Mpms which were the motor that got me going to these places. The people here at La Boucherie arealways with a smile friendly service good quality/price ratio and domestic animals are welcome ! Again, hope you enjoy the post on the La Boucherie steakhouse and Mother’s Day !!! 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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