The coast of Brittany
A couple of thousands clicks away the coast looks exactly the same, the coast of Maine, for example.
Not far from the sea coast: salt evaporation ponds, still operational. Next to it there was a stand selling salt produced there.
The city of Croisic.
The city of Croisic
Timber framed wall of local house.
A jettied timber framed building in Croisic
Architectural detail of local buildings
Streets of Croisic.
Marina in Croisic.
Another timber framed building and lots of flowers.
His master's meal....
A pétanque on Sunday's afternoon.
Boarding our barge. It was our home for next five days.
Marina in Redon seen towards the locks.
The start of the canal. An old bridge in Redon.
On the way to the next lock. French canals are usually flanked by a constant line of trees.
Entering the lock. Each time we climbed between 1 and 3 meters.
Passing locks meant that all crew members were busy.
The door opens. We are ready to continue on the Nantes-Brest Canal.
A view on the canal.
Looks keepers.
Looks keeper's house.
The canal in the city of Malestroit.
A view of Malestroit.
Old mill in Malestroit.
Another take on the old mill. Malestroit.
A street in Malestroit.
An interesting building in Malestroit. All ends of cantilevers were decorated by a sculpted head.
Cantilever's sculpture.
On the streets of Malestroit.
A double jettied timber framed building.
A close-up of the same double jettied timber framed building.
Another cute street of Malestroit.
Malestroit. The central square.
Lunch hour in Malestroit.
Brittany means flowers. Lots of flowers !
Flowers like those.
A cute window shutter's holder.
On the water again.
The skipper on his post. In spite of mostly cloudy sky we dared very often to retract the roof of the cabin.
Biking on the service road along the canal. The way of traveling much faster than the navigation but...
A meditation ? A prayer ? Or just a walk ?
Now we are helping the lock keeper.
Well, there are two sides of each lock.
Venus and Pouppet - the lock keeper's dogs.
Approaching Josselin and its majestic castle.
The Josselin castle.
The Josselin lock, the last lock on our way up.
The castle seen form the canal.
At the end of the day the Sun added some warmth to the light. This is my favorite picture of the Josselin castle.
Inside the castle walls.
On the way back to Redon. We spent a night next to this lock.
Our boat (left).
The city of Rochefort en Terre.
Rochefort en Terre
Rochefort en Terre.
