Our week 3 was a family reunion camping adventure in La Bretagne followed by our precious nephew’s baptism in Paris on Sunday.
We made some of the best memories over the course of those 7 days together.
June 8 – 14, Camping chez Le Fort Espagnol
Of course, hundreds of pictures were snapped on my iPhone, and instead of trying to recount each day, I’ll post many of my favorites with captions.
We learned that it rains A LOT in La Bretagne, which made us appreciate the sun all the more! We also learned that if you don’t go out when it rains, you’ll never go out. Day 3 we bought rain boots.
First days at the campsite!
Carnac
Sunday, despite the rain fall & cold temps, we drove to Carnac to visit the famous and historic fields lined with stones larger than a small car. The grandeur of the aligned stones in field after field left me speechless. If it hadn’t been raining the whole time, I would have loved to walk further.
Tumulus de Kercado – a tomb dating back to the Neolithic period
I may have that fact wrong! This tomb tucked away in the forest dates back to 4,500 years before Jesus Christ. WOW.
Xavi and I were in charge of meals Tuesday
We did PANCAKES for breakfast, FISH TACOS for lunch & BURGERS with a homemade “in ‘n out” sauce wrapped “protein style” (lettuce wrap) for dinner!
The area we were staying in is well known for boat-racing.
I fell in low with the harbors and marinas.
St.-Pierre-Quiberon
I have probably 50+ pictures from this excursion to St.-Pierre-Quiberon and downtown Quiberon, but below are a some of my faves.
It was cold and windy, but still a very nice day. “Il fait beau.”
Lunch Thursday
Marco fell sick Thursday morning and was in bed all day. Now 6 days later, he is just beginning to recover from what we think was the stomach flu.
Friday: Bike riding on L’ile aux Moines
We took the ferry after lunch to the island of Moines, L’ile aux Moines. Marco and I rode the tandem bike together so he could reserve his energy. That stomach flu wiped him out. His stomach troubles continued an entire week after this photo was taken. Keira and her cousin had single bikes they rode. It was so much fun!
It was absolutely beautiful and I sadly did not stop to take as many pictures as I wanted. I took it all in without my iPhone lens.
(My niece head on her bike)
Friday evening, Anniversaire (birthday) dinner for Mamy.
Our last day at the campsite.
Our time in France with family has surpassed my hopes and imagination of what this time would be like together.
These are a few of the things Marco and Keira wrote down in their journals!
“Going to the swimming pool with everyone, and seeing that the pool had a shallow end where I could stand made today great!” – Keira
“I learned I can always count on my brother.” – Keira, June 10th
“I am grateful for… a dishwasher.” – Keira
“I learned that it rains A LOT in La Bretagne!” – Keira, June 11th
“One thing that made today great was walking and stomping in muddy puddles with my new rain boots, and dancing the macarena with my cousins after dinner.” – Keira June 12th
“Dinner tonight is pretty fun because you get to cook your own meat!” – Keira, June 15th (we were doing fondue)
“One thing that made today great was playing soccer with the other kids after dinner.” – Marco, June 8th
“Swimming at the pool and going down the waterslide made today great.” – Marco, June 10th
“Today I learned that Maël & Morgann’s dog, Hooper, poops like a bird. No thought about location, just goes.” – Marco, June 10th
“Two amazing things that happened today: I got rain boots and we bought candy.” – Marco, June 11th
