After a thoroughly enjoyable weekend with the Best Friend and her family, we elected to have a quiet weekend in (this is Husband-speak for not spending any money). We wandered around town a bit and walked down to Lehon again, but otherwise did nothing of any interest at all. We were finally able to get a table at a creperie we have been dying to try (Creperie Ahna) – that was nice. Since we didn’t do much, there is a shortage of interesting photos to share! So, consider this the outtakes/blooper reel. Or the photos that didn’t make the cut for their blog pages, but I really liked so I want to use them (No Daughterly-unit, you may not edit that sentence. It is exactly how I want it!). Without further boring dialog…
Close up of a couple of the…animals? on the town carousel here in Dinan. I believe free therapy comes with a ride. Any kid exposed to this at an impressionable age is going to need it. Creepy, huh?I try not to put many food photos in here, but this was too gorgeous not to include! Thus far I have resisted these beauties…In Saint Malo ,they save you from having to spend time on the beach trying to find just one perfect shell. For a mere 16€ you can just buy a basket of them!When we went to Saint Malo, we stopped for lunch at a cute restaurant. This is the door to their toilet. I like their humor.Same bathroom. Best toilet paper holder ever! I made the Husband go in and take the photo💩Also taken in Saint Malo. This is the photo of the bay that I wanted to use. You see, normally the photos are taken by the Husband. I took this one. Yeah, photo of my fingertip.The bridge at Lehon. Look at that gorgeous reflection!Rather than hiking up the 15 miles (some days it feels like it!) of steep cobblestone streets, we can elect to take the stairs. They start out all pretty and friendly like this…Then reality begins to set in. But you’re invested now. You keep going up. Steps are significantly less scenic…You keep thinking that you have got to be near the top. Yet they keep going. This actually was nearly at the top.And you are rewarded with getting to enter the town through another ancient gate. This one was taken out at Fort la Latte. The lighting was so pretty!Every town (I’m pretty certain) in France has a memorial to those who died in World War I (called the Great War). More French died during WWI than Americans have in armed military conflicts since 1775. Scary. Lehon was a tiny town in 1914. This must have been a large portion of their young men.From the castle walls in Fougeres, looking across the castle grounds and back at the town itself.I will rarely post a photo of myself, but here I am at the Temple of Mars. This was a super big deal to me. I have been at the remains of Roman town walls before (London and Rennes), but this was my first major Roman ruin.
Hopefully, one or two of these photos made you smile, or think, or cringe! There will be new adventures next weekend to document…and another pilgrimage location for me (you will have to wait to see what I am referring to!).
