And let go north again in my Bretagne on the coast of Finistére dept 29 to take you to the quant nice town of Roscoff. I have written several posts on it in the past in my blog, but again feel a single post on its Church is merited. Therefore, here is my take on the Church of… Continue reading The Church Notre-Dame de Croaz Batz of Roscoff !!
The Grand Aquarium of Saint Malo !
So up we go to the corsair city of Saint Malo. Yes a very popular spot in our beautiful Brittany, however, there are places off the beaten path most visitors by passed by going to the city center. Of course, this is in Saint Malo, dept 35 of Ille et Vilaine in the region of Bretagne. I like… Continue reading The Grand Aquarium of Saint Malo !
A combo Saint Nazaire and Trignac !!
This was our first trip to this neck of the woods as we heard wonderful things about the cruise ship building here as well as the site of the landing of the American expeditionary force in WWI with Gen Pershing and the famous words “Lafayette we are here” . I am glad to update this… Continue reading A combo Saint Nazaire and Trignac !!
The Cathédrale Sainte-Croix of Orléans, part II !!!
Again, spent time by the magnificent cathedral of Orléans; we have been here before and now new text and pictures from our newest trip to the city. The Cathédrale Sainte Croix d’Orléans or Holy Cross Cathedral,is located at place Sainte-Croix, and is the cathedral of the diocese of Orleans; Gothic style with baroque ornamentation of which partly… Continue reading The Cathédrale Sainte-Croix of Orléans, part II !!!
Curiosities of Orléans, part I !!!
While coming from Chartres on the N154/D2020 (the D2020 old N20 we took so many times (memory gleen in my eyes) to Orléans a wonderful trip to see another of our nice cities long while not revisited until now, First thing, first, we headed for our hotel. Let me take you into historical Orléans with… Continue reading Curiosities of Orléans, part I !!!
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