France Photo Diary #3

On Friday I got back from another lovely week spent at my home in France. This time around it was beautiful and sunny – did you know you can get a much better tan in Cancal in July than in California in April? Who’d have thought it!

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This is the view from the start of the pier at Cancal of the lighthouse, fish market and oyster beds. (more photos in last summers post!)

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The obligatory bowl of mussels whenever I go to France. I promise one day I’ll remember to take a photograph of them before I’ve eaten them all!

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We had a lovely meal at the creperie in Combourg that claims to be the oldest in Brittany. 

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As a seafood fiend I enjoyed a traditional galette (buckwheat and black butter crepe) with prawns, scallops, squid and mussels in a cream sauce – it was to die for!

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Every time we eat there my Mum has her favourite crepe for dessert: a scoop of coffee ice cream wrapped in a crepe, doused in Irish Whisky and set alight at the table – always fun to watch! 

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It’s usually just me and my parents, so it was certainly an adventure cramming in the back between my Mum and my Grandma whenever we drove anywhere!

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On the way back from Cancal we took a wrong turn and discovered the most amazing sandy beach complete with clear blue, swim temperature sea and rock pools. I’ve decided that next summer we’re going back for a beach day! 

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This is the view from Mont Dol, the highest point in the area. When I took this shot I’d climbed to the top of a gruelling spiral staircase to get atop a tower – never doing that again! 

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One of the first places we visited was the lovely historic town of Fougeres. 

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Tickets to get into the castle. I had such fun running around it with my Dad. My nail polish is ‘Extravagance’ from the O.P.I designer collection. 

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The view from the top of one of the castle towers – the road just looks so European, not like England at all!

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The fact I took this picture in the glass of the double doors into our living room just shows how sunny it was. I’m wearing this outfit, with my Whistles wrap bracelet and a Little Fille headband. *edit* (17/07/11) Does anyone here watch Pretty Little Liars? I’ve just realised I look a lot like Jenna in this picture…

Where have you all been jetting off to for your summer holidays?

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