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Subject: Re: [OM] Brittany holidays
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:27:06 -0400
Best selfie I've seen in a while. Looks like you two were square in the
middle of Bliss.

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 10:39 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Julia and I had a 10-day trip to Brittany from which we returned last
> Sunday.  The weather was cool, but sunny with only a couple of days of
> rain, sporadic and that.  It was a great break and refreshed our love of
> France and of Brittany in particular.
>
> We took the ferry from Portsmouth, on the south coast, to St Malo; we
> stayed for 3 nights in hotels and 7 in a cottage followed by a last night
> in a hotel in Dinan.  I can recommend this part of the world for a visit;
> we had excellent food and wine and the scenery is delightful.  It’s called
> the Pink Granite Coast and we recognised the same granite from our holiday
> in Sardinia about 10 years ago.
>
> Here’s an example of the granite:
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-bzpxsLK/A <
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-bzpxsLK/A>
>
> And another view of the same “phare”:
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-Nwp93Q9/A
>
> Another coastline, but at sunrise:
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-x4Sp8NH/A <
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-x4Sp8NH/A>
>
> A selfie with beard (I was just trying it out; it’s gone now):
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-bZSqngG/A <
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-bZSqngG/A>
>
> Anticipating a Lannionaise lunch:
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-BKWB87L/A <
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-BKWB87L/A>
> (we had andouille (chitterlings) for the first time; they’re pretty gamey
> . . .)
>
> Oyster beds which looked like a D-Day fleet in the distance:
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-V8xfC98/A <
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-V8xfC98/A>
>
> Finally, an unexpected statued of Alfred Hitchcock at Dinard:
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-gD83dz5/A <
> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/Brittany/i-gD83dz5/A>
>
> I’m happy to receive criticism etc . . .
>
> Chris
>
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