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Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Bonjour!

We have arrived back home in the UK
We had such a lovely holiday in Southern Brittany.
Malestroit
Where to start?
The Gite was small but had everything we needed....we were out most of the time anyway!
Our home for two weeks
The nearest small town was Malestroit
Malestroit 
with a very pretty medieval centre. 
The first day (after arriving about 7pm the evening before) we decided to look around locally.
Just up the road from the gite were some megaliths at Les Pierres Droites.Then on to a very pretty and well kept village called Missiriac.

Then a little tour of Malestroit.
La Grange a Louise
The Town Square, Malestroit
We liked a lovely Creperie called La Grange a Louise where the waitress was especially proud of her Maison Lemon Crepe (and she had once lived in Stockport so was keen to speak English to us!)






Malestroit is on the River Oust and this meets the main Breast-Nantes Canal.
It has the prettiest lock I have ever seen!
For the whole holiday I was taking photos of the shop signs all over South Brittany
Here are just a few photos of signs in Malestroit.





This was the first full day of our holiday. I have loads of photos and places to share with you over the next few posts. They will be photo heavy and I hope that you bear with me as I enjoy reliving our lovely holiday through this blog.





21 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictures! I don't think I've seen many pictures of Brittany-now I want to go there!

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  2. Great shop signs....they deserve a blog all of their own

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  3. Welcome back Lyn! The shop signs are so lovely and really give the place character. x

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  4. Oh, I want to go back there! Beautiful pictures, I look forward to seeing even more, please.

    Welocme home!

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  5. You've just made me want to go back to Brittany. It really is beautiful. I love the shop signs. I can't wait to see more of your photographs.

    Leanne xx

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  6. Charming , every bit of it ...just charming !

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  7. Looks lovely and those shops signs are great! I'll look forward to seeing more :)

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  8. I'm glad you are back home after your lovely holiday and I will look forward to seeing more pictures of Brittany in future posts. Those street signs are so good I would have been taking lots of pictures too!
    Sarah x

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  9. It looks wonderful. I love the shop signs! Perhaps the French high street has more charm and individuality than ours. We are off to France to two weeks this weekend - I cannot wait! x

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  10. There is no need to "bear with you"! This is another wonderful post, filled with travel fun and great photos. xo

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  11. You just can't beat France - fabulous. Keep 'em coming xxx

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  12. Beautiful pics. Always enjoy "traveling" with you!

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  13. Looks like an amazing and beautiful holiday...
    It actually looks like the perfect place to live as well!
    Have a great rest of your week, Tammy

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  14. Fantastic photos. Keep them coming!

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  15. This is the most fabulous place ever - the buildings are like something out of an art gallery! I bet the atmosphere was good too, your photography is really good and draws me in, I would love to go there one day. Betty

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  16. It looks a very pretty village. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your photos of Brittany as hubby is keen to go to France next year, probably Brittany as it's close. We've been once before, right at the very western end. I love how the architecture has it's own distinct style in different parts of Europe. I remember enjoying the crepes too!

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  17. We try to visit France every couple of years - this year wasn't one of them as we have had so much on so these photos rekindled many memories. Roll on next year!

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  18. Almost 'fairy-tale' like! Beautiful town indeed!

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  19. It looks lovely, I agree with Jim, it's all very 'fairy-tale'. Great photos (as always!). Bethx

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