We are on vacation! Much of Paris shuts down the last week of July through the last week of August. In our town, my favorite fruit stand and boulangerie have been closed for weeks. We have only met our neighbors briefly as they were in town for two days in August in between two separate vacations. So we decided to do what many Parisians do and that is go to Brittany. It is on the northwest coast of France. It is bordered by the English Channel to the north, the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. We rented a beach house in a town called Saint Nick for the week in hope to get some sun before two of the kids head off to school next week. Chris arrived Saturday from the states and it was a 6 hour ride but well worth it. We have a charming home just steps from Pentrez plage. Yesterday we spent the morning at the beach. The beaches here are quite different in that they are smaller in length and are surrounded by farms. There are only a few streets of homes and then it is just miles of farmland until you reach another small town.
In the afternoon we went to a town called Camare sur-Mer. It is filled with local artisians along the shore, medieval castles and prehistoric ruins along the beaches. Kids enjoyed chasing the waves.
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| Emilia at the shores of Camatre sur Mer. |
That evening we went to a creperie called St. Come. They serve 580 different types of crepes! Olivia is pictured below with one of the house Nutella specials. It is layered like a cake- new best crepe ever! We eat crepes so often that we are all becoming quite the connoisseurs.
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| Crêperie St Come |
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| Playing rock paper scissors to see who gets the biggest crepe |
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Best crepe!
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Today we spent the morning at Peninsula le Labyrinthe in a town called Crozon. It is a complex maze for children (and Chris and I were often stumped!) where you are guided by clues from a story to try and locate several flags. Kids had fun and Luciana insisted on leading several times- most of which ended up in dead ends. We then spent the remainder of the day at the beach at our home getting ready for the children's sand castle competition tomorrow.
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| A view of the labyrinthe |
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| Takes the average person 1 hour to get through- Petrini-Poli kids did it in 35 minutes! |
Finally learned how to comment on your blog:) We start school tomorrow and it's just not the same without the Petrini-Polis. We miss you! Love reading all your adventures though! So glad they get a little beach time before school starts. My kids eat crepes almost everyday - they'd get a kick out of that place!
ReplyDeleteWe miss you too! Kids are looking forward to "seeing" your kiddos!
DeleteHi Michelle! And Eva! This is so fun to read, Michelle! I am so wishing I was on vacation in France right now....instead I'm teaching 4th year honors Spanish for the first time, quite a challenge, but I'm loving it! We have a new French teacher at our school and I'm his mentor so I have to observe him--I was thinking of you today as I was in his class! Gabby made a card for Emilia today too....we'll pop it in the mail this weekend. Bonjour de la famille Heintzelman!
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