After our rainy day the weather turned very nice, so over the last few days we have had some good bike rides.
One day we took the car and went back over to Antrain where we visited the Chateau Belle Fontaine. The Duke and Duchess still live in the chateau, so we just got to see the grounds and gardens there.
Then we rode out through the rolling hills and forests to another chateau, La Bailue. This chateau is also someone's home, so again we just enjoyed the ride around.
We continued our ride to the village of Broulan where we had our picnique on
the bench in front of the medieval church while tourists, clutching guide books, wandered around checking out the old buildings. One family, with three teenagers, spent quite a bit of time, dad with guidebook, enthusiasticly reading all about the church, frescoes, stained glass windows, etc., while the teenagers scuffed their feet and tolerated.
Sunday, August 9th was another sunny, nice day and we went up to St. Malo to tour the old walled city a
nd see the port. The fort here was designed by Vaubon, the famous fort architect. We have visited his military creations in many cities throughout Europe. He was a busy guy back in the 17th century. We walked the full circuit around the ramparts and out the long pier to look back at the city. Being a sunny Sunday there were lots of tourists in the town. Luckily we got a pretty early start and had no problem getting parking. When we finished our visit and went back to get our car there was a long line of people waiting to just get into the car park as it was controlled by how many cars were already in the parking lot. Each time a car would come out the next car in line would be allowed in.
When we left St. Malo we went on to the town of St.Suliac, which was billed in the tourist brochure as the most beautiful town in France. Always looking for photo ops, we decided to stop by for lunch and pretty pictures. Again, our timing was good and we got parking and strol
led through the town, which I thought was pretty standard French village material. They do have a nice sheltered seaside location. The local kids were jumping off the pier and swimming because by the afternoon it had warmed up and was really a nice day.
We stopped at the only open cafe for lunch. Don had the local specialty, une galette avec oeuf, jambon et fromage and I had the other local specialty, moules frites. Don's galette was a buckwh
eat pancake folded over ham, egg and cheese. My mussels were great, cooked in a light marinara flavored broth. I got an enormous pile of them, so Don helped me eat them. But, the little mussels inside were not a lot of meat, so the big pile worked out about right for the portion.
After lunch we strolled back to our car and set Trexie for home. Another nice day.
One day we took the car and went back over to Antrain where we visited the Chateau Belle Fontaine. The Duke and Duchess still live in the chateau, so we just got to see the grounds and gardens there.
Then we rode out through the rolling hills and forests to another chateau, La Bailue. This chateau is also someone's home, so again we just enjoyed the ride around.
We continued our ride to the village of Broulan where we had our picnique on
the bench in front of the medieval church while tourists, clutching guide books, wandered around checking out the old buildings. One family, with three teenagers, spent quite a bit of time, dad with guidebook, enthusiasticly reading all about the church, frescoes, stained glass windows, etc., while the teenagers scuffed their feet and tolerated.
Sunday, August 9th was another sunny, nice day and we went up to St. Malo to tour the old walled city a
nd see the port. The fort here was designed by Vaubon, the famous fort architect. We have visited his military creations in many cities throughout Europe. He was a busy guy back in the 17th century. We walked the full circuit around the ramparts and out the long pier to look back at the city. Being a sunny Sunday there were lots of tourists in the town. Luckily we got a pretty early start and had no problem getting parking. When we finished our visit and went back to get our car there was a long line of people waiting to just get into the car park as it was controlled by how many cars were already in the parking lot. Each time a car would come out the next car in line would be allowed in.When we left St. Malo we went on to the town of St.Suliac, which was billed in the tourist brochure as the most beautiful town in France. Always looking for photo ops, we decided to stop by for lunch and pretty pictures. Again, our timing was good and we got parking and strol
led through the town, which I thought was pretty standard French village material. They do have a nice sheltered seaside location. The local kids were jumping off the pier and swimming because by the afternoon it had warmed up and was really a nice day.We stopped at the only open cafe for lunch. Don had the local specialty, une galette avec oeuf, jambon et fromage and I had the other local specialty, moules frites. Don's galette was a buckwh
eat pancake folded over ham, egg and cheese. My mussels were great, cooked in a light marinara flavored broth. I got an enormous pile of them, so Don helped me eat them. But, the little mussels inside were not a lot of meat, so the big pile worked out about right for the portion.After lunch we strolled back to our car and set Trexie for home. Another nice day.
Don and Geralynn your trip and photo's are awesome as always, looks like you're having a bit of rain, though. But the sun keeps coming out so you seem to make the best of that. The flowers are beautiful.
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