{"id":2138,"date":"2013-10-31T01:32:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T15:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.lewisdrafting.com.au\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2013-10-31T01:32:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T15:32:48","slug":"brittany-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/?p=2138","title":{"rendered":"Brittany France"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We loved this creperie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We have been spending a wonderful week in Brittany, Northern France. The weather has been\u00a0great and our traditional stone cottage in the tiny hamlet of Ardilloux\u00a0perfect. We have enjoyed exploring the area, occasional meals out and cooking meals at home. The hamlet is inhabited by non-English speaking French but are very friendly even supplying me with the fresh herbs I have needed for cooking.<\/p>\n

We have visited many unique villages in the area. Saint-Malo on the Atlantic coast,\u00a0originally built as a walled citadel guarding the mouth of\u00a0 the Rance river, was for centuries home to feared pirates. They\u2019ve all gone to Davy Jones\u2019 Locker, though, and now it\u2019s Brittany\u2019s most-visited\u00a0town.\u00a0\u00a0Another of our favourite finds was Combourg, a village found between Rennes and St Malo\u00a0, \u00a0in north-east Brittany, in the Ille\u00a0et Vilaine\u00a0department. It is a\u00a0 pleasant town dominated by the important Chateau de Combourg.<\/p>\n

We have so much fun, including mistakes, like having no idea what we are eating at times (but never disappointed), how to pay for parking in certain areas and wondering if we will ever get our car back, \u00a0and accidentally forgetting and driving on the wrong side of the road. We even turned up at a restaurant today 1 hour early as we had no idea daylight savings existed here, let alone finished on Saturday !!! The restaurant was wonderful, giving us\u00a0a\u00a0wine and plenty of smiles, until the chef was ready to feed us. We are going back there for our last lunch in Brittany on Friday.<\/p>\n

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the beautiful walled town of Saint Malo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chateau de Combourg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Combourg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A peaceful spot near our hamlet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Combourg is full of ancient buildings, as is most of Brittany and France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Can you believe we have overdosed on macaroons!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Yes…. another good restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The boat from Brittany to England at St Malo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Our resident “petit Puppy” at our cottage. He likes nibblies but gets into trouble by his French owner. We aren’t in trouble yet I hope. He spends a great deal of his time looking through our door !!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A couple of local kids. They had just finished off a huge bowl of moules\u00a0(mussels) and are now enjoying jelly frogs. The mussels are delicious in France… one of my favourite meals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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