Today was a drive to Le Mont-Saint-Michel on the Normandy coast and a 3hr walk around the island town in the tidal flats. The guide was speaking French so Guy and Evelyne translated the interesting bits. The sand was very funny to walk on and was like walking on a mattress in some spots. As…

A quiet day before heading to the historic city of Vannes which was founded over 2,000 years ago. We took a little train ride through the streets with an English commentary that seemed much shorter than the French commentary. A very pretty and interesting old town. I took the best seat on the train. We…

Mamfa started the day with a very pleasant run along the river. We all then headed out to Evelyne’s family holiday home in the village of la Glais for a barbecue lunch (cooked over a wood fire in the wall of the house) and playing some Palets. The weather was great to sit around under…

A lazy day in Rennes today with a stroll to the market late morning and a walk around Lake d’Apigne. Sport fix for the day was a Palets tournament in Rennes (throwing a disc onto a board to get closest to the first disc thrown) and lots of Olympics on TV (great to be in…

It was goodbye to a great time in Croatia and to head to France. We flew to Nantes where Mawfa’s brother Guy picked us up and took us back to his place in Rennes (after a traditional French lunch at McDonald’s – there were French Fries). It was great to see Guy, Evelyn, Tom, Mattis…