Tag: travel
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August.
Whew. It’s been a month for sure! We just got settled in to being home and then turned around and went to The Netherlands to visit family. And it was great. We were only there about 3 days, but we got a lot in. This was my first time there, and I loved it. It…
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French Doors
I am obsessed with the doors in France. I have no idea why; I’m not that interested in them in the US I don’t think. Those and cafe chairs. And that’s probably because we don’t even have many (or really any) of those. But the doors, I don’t know. I remember being fascinated by them…
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Seaside in Bretagne
We visited the coast twice this trip. The first time, we picnicked at a beautiful spot that we had not been before, and then on another day, we walked GR34 again; same section, still as beautiful. The picnic day was pretty cool, but it still was so nice eating our baguettes with prosciutto and cheese,…
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Quimper, France
The last of the Brittany cities we visited, but it’s a favorite. And SO MANY creperies! But we enjoyed walking around, visiting the Quimper Cathedral. So many old (like 1400s to 1800s) saints, I guess, there. Also we stumbled across a tropical botanical garden, Jardin exotique de la Retraite right in downtown Quimper. Very interesting…
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Lorient, France
We went to Lorient this trip so it was our first time there. It was a typical city but had a nice waterfront area where we walked and came across le Tour de la Découverte, a lighthouse that was reconstructed between 1785-1786. While we were walking by, a man was playing bagpipes outside of it;…
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Concarneau, France
We really enjoy visiting Concarneau. It is a city with two distinct areas, and also with a lot of interesting things. I’m sure we just scratched the surface but we visited the Ville Close, which is a walled town on an island in the centre of the harbor. This area was a shipbuilding area and…
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France Feb/Mar 2026
Way too many photos to post all of the ones I like, but it’s been fun going through them all. I just love it in this area. There’s so much green, you have coastline, nice smaller cities, and spring is definitely springing there now. I think I will have to make several posts over the…
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This Week
The fountain pen hobby is getting intense so we went to Greenville SC for the day to go to Truphae, a beautiful pen store. Odd that a city the size of Atlanta does not seem to have a dedicated pen store, but we don’t really have a camera store either so there you go. I…
