Monday, July 10, 2006

France - Rennes and Fougeres

For the weekend Kelly and I went over to France and met up with Jonathan for two stages of the Tour de France. On the Saturday night we stayed at the town of Rennes. It is a medium sized town that was in party mode for the arrival of the tour. The town square had a concert in the evening and there were traditional French movies late into night in front of the town hall. We had a nice dinner in a cafe near the town square. The cafe culture of France is just so laid back and relaxing.

On the way back to Paris on Sunday we stopped in the town of Fougeres. It is a small town a couple hundred kilometers west of Paris. It has a large castle which is perched on a rocky outcrop in the centre of the town. We had a look around and some food before heading to Paris only just making our flight.


Tour de France Stage 7 and Stage 8

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Rennes and Fougeres
Jul 9, 2006 - 16 Photos

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Just discovered Rennes. Lot of round buildings. Near st. Malo where Jacques Cartier was born. LaRonde near Cartier bridge in Montreal. Fascinating. Looking for more round things. Lighthouses of the Sun King. Locations of lighthouses in St. Malo and relation between French and Maloins. THE 1ST LIGHTHOUSE IN CANADA AT LOUISBOURG WAS ATTACKED BY THE ........IN 1860. Were they British or English? Scots settled at Pictou Nova Scotia in the 1770s.

THE POINT LIGHTHOUSE AT LIVERPOOL N.S. WHERE THE ACADIANS WERE EXPELLED. A POINT LIGHTHOUSE WAS MOVED.

LIVERPOOL ENGLAND HAS AN ILLUMINATED CLOCK ON THE THE LIVERY BUILDING 1911 WHERE MY GRANDMOTHER LEFT FOR AMERICA.MY UNCLE HAS A GRANDFATHER CLOCK THAT ALWAYS HUNG IN HIS FATHER'S LIVING ROOM.

Anonymous said...

CORRECTION I MEANT 1760 FOR ATTACK ON LOUISBOURG LIGHTHOUSE.