Brittany

Brittany is always beautiful!

That sounds like a cliché, but it's the pure truth, because 3 years ago we were already at Cap Frehel, Camaret and other places, but had completely avoided Carnac and Morbihan.

I'm currently wondering why, but in retrospect I can explain it by saying that the further south you went, the more travelers there were. There were also a lot of campers in Etel, but they were well accommodated by the Camping Municipal.

I wanted to see the megaliths, dolmens and other stones of Carnac for the first time, which is why we went to Brittany in the first place. Those in the know may now be wondering whether Mont St Michel is also in Brittany or in Normandy, but I don't even want to get involved in the discussion. It is what it is, that's it!

It was beautiful in Etel, which was not only due to the relatively mild temperatures, but also to the nice hike that started right at the campsite. As a German, these hikes are often associated with mixed feelings for me, because unfortunately it is impossible to imagine life without the reinforced concrete from the Nazi era...

Nevertheless, there is a lot to discover, from the dolmens and megaliths to the long fields that lead into the sea in Carnac, you can experience the Stone Age, or rather the Neolithic Age, directly! We visited the stones, sometimes taking a little detour because of a few sheep, but for me it was gigantic!

There was also the market in Carnac, which we then used to replenish our supplies, because fresh fish and vegetables from the supermarket are simply different. Overall, we should orient ourselves more towards the markets, which we have not done so far.

We then went to Vannes, a beautiful city with buildings from different eras. We had a good meal there and enjoyed looking around after we had spent the morning killing the dogs on the Quiberon peninsula.

The Côte Sauvage was really as impressive as every travel guide describes it, it's like Scotland, every change in the light is its own spectacle. We really enjoyed it, this is also a place I would like to visit again, but always outside of the main season.

Every roundabout, it seems, is aimed directly at tourism, there are the Amor Lux shops (Breton fashion) or its counterpart St. James (British and French) which ultimately sell the same thing. Breton stripes for a lot of money, but they look good.

I found a St. James hat in the forest near Kilarney Fjord, which is serving me well today in the strong winds from the Atlantic, I don't give a damn about the brand, the important thing is that my cold is going away!

The climate here is temperate and yet warm, calluna and gorse grow here. If you look at the atlas, you are further south than Strasbourg, which explains the temperatures in summer well and makes the fauna plausible. At first I was horrified when I discovered a ripe fig, but now I'm no longer surprised. I'm fascinated by what misconceptions I had about Brittany!

It's a place that probably has twice as many residents in the summer, but the atmosphere is clearly tangible, we'll definitely be back!