Visiting St-Brieuc and Lamballe

The place I stayed at for the wedding ceremony I attended to was located near Lamballe, itself close to St-Brieuc city, so I took the opportunity to visit both cities.

It was a very nice discovery, as they have numerous remains of old streets and monuments: especially Lamballe, which - despite being quite a small city - is very interesting to visit thanks to its beautiful collegiate church and a peaceful canal, not far from the train station.

View on Lamballe

Collegiate church Notre Dame de Lamballe

St-Brieuc old building

Rocks

Whether they were polished by the sea or had sharp edges, I enjoyed taking pictures of those rock samples :-)

Rock path

Pink rocks

Cliffs

Sea gifts

A little collection of sea gifts abandoned on the sand at low tide...

One gift...

A second one...

...and a third one!

Sunrise at sea

The nicest moment of the day, and the most extraordinary one, where Nature is shrouded in a golden veil after sunset :-)

The island at sunrise

Seaside cross

End of the land

Little church on the island

Strong flowers

Fighting against the wind and the sea spray, they still managed to show their colors :-)

Blown away

Leaning against pink granite

A trip to Brittany

The wedding of an ex-colleague of mine was a nice opportunity for me to go on a (too short!) trip to Brittany. Although quite cold for the season, the weather was really nice and it was a true paradise to wander around in the area.

Already wishing to go back there... Just look at that sea color!

Blue blue sea

A place to sit

The sea

Detailed sculptures

Gargoyles and lions... It definitely makes me want to explore Paris's bestiary in monuments :-)

Eglise Saint-Séverin - gargoyles

Fontaine Saint-Sulpice

Roaring lion

Golden touch

After Notre Dame's dreadful fire, I decided to go on a tour of Paris's churches and ancient monuments.

Of course, I could not manage to get to every places I had selected... But here are a few pictures of my first expedition around the Invalides :-)

Invalides's dome

Hotel des Invalides

École Militaire's golden gates