Back home

It's a couple of days that we are back from France. Nataniel is rediscovering his toys and I'm enjoying the beautiful Irish weather.

France was great. Perfect family spot in a middle of nowhere...a nice break from the city lights. The village we were in is called Pen Ar Creach just outside Plonevez Porzay. The village consisted of two houses:our gite and the owners house:).



The only noise we heard was from flies (they are not so annoying in Ireland) and the owner's kleptomaniac dog. Seriously, we are not used to animals at all.Even my new plant collection is on it's last feet.

Upon the arrival I checked the Breton grass. It wasn't too green so I thought that it doesn't rain as much as in Ireland. How mistaken was I? There wasn't maybe the Mediterranean weather but nevertheless we enjoyed our stay the lot as the temperature remained over 20 degrees. The rain was different though it contained more water and the wind wasn't bothering us too much.

The people we met were so nice. Well, maybe apart one arrogant French bard from Locronan who didn't know where Poland is and said that Romania and Hungary are our neighbours.

The amazing thing about the place we have been to is that everything looks so ...French...tiny, detailed...even small deli shops in 2 street village were decorated up to the highest standards.



I loved the farmer's markets. We had one in Plonevez Porzay on Sunday morning. Fruits, crepes, olives, local cuisine were a joy to look at...and cheap to buy.
There was one lady from Malaysia selling food. When we said that we don't speak French she started to sing the United States national anthem as it was the only thing she knew in English. How nice was that?



We visited so many beautiful spots like Locronan, Crozon Peninsula, Douarnenez, Quimper, Concarneau, Landevennec.



As we tend not to visit the same spots twice, next time we will probably go to the northern part of Brittany or southern part of France as I want to see St. Tropez where they filmed "the Gendarme" with Louis de Funes.

I like the Breton lazy way of living( although it was a bit annoying when shops were closed most of the day). From day one I wanted to move there but all in all I wouldn't change Ireland for the world. This is the best place in the whole Universe.