Sand and rocks

Such a beautiful seashore... despite the tiny and abrasive barnacles on the rocks ;-)

Sand beach

Rocks

Seashore

Yellow to green

A Brittany nature color gradient, from yellow to green :-)

Yellow crops

Yellow-green wild grass

Green alley

Photo mash-up #56

Today's theme is: purple flowers!

Happy purple day :-)

Rainy day

Memories from a very rainy day, when I decided to visit Dinard and walk back to Saint-Malo (!) via the barrage on the Rance river. That is a very long stroll... And the rain, though not very heavy, was constant and had me completely drenched after the first 2 hours of walking. However, somehow I only keep good memories of this day! It was very nice after all, the trip was definitely worth it :-)

Dinard, with its Promenade du Clair-de-Lune, is a very pretty city to visit. I also had the opportunity to take a tour in the Rance Tidal Power Station (at the barrage), which was both very interesting and a nice place to dry and warm up a bit! The path along the coast was also especially beautiful despite the rain, and I enjoyed it a lot :-D

Little path under the rain

Fox glove under the rain

Perfect weather for snails

Stone walls

One of the main charms of Brittany, its houses with stone walls - in the countryside or old city streets!

Hydrangea and stone walls

Biniou player

Lavender and stones

Boats and ships

Of course, in Brittany one can not not take pictures of boats.. real or sculpted :-)

Cruise ship

Ship sculpture

Small boat

Monuments

A collection of interesting monuments around Saint-Malo: Fort National, Solidor Tower, and Fort-la-Latte.

Fort National is a fort located on a small island, built in the 17th century by Vauban to protect Saint-Malo's port. 

Solidor tower is a fortified tower (in fact, three linked towers) built in the 14th century to control access to the Rance river. 

Fort-la-latte is an impressive castle built in the 14th century on a rocky cape (naturally not very accessible and offering a nice view on the channel), which hosted several historical film shootings.

Fort National

Solidor Tower

Fort-la-Latte

Carved rocks

Near Saint-Malo can be found one of the most famous 'naive art' work in Brittany: the carved rocks of Rothéneuf. Those amazing sculptures were created by the Abbé Fouéré, who retired after having suffered from a severe hearing loss.

I was deeply moved and impressed by this unbelievable art site, and I strongly recommend you go and visit it before the waves further erode the rocks...

Aligned heads

Rock hat

Cow sculpture

Sculted head

Seaweed

Some nice specimen - seaweeds are so nice to take pictures of :-)

Seaweed

Wave roll

Red algae

Photo mash-up #55

Today's theme is: yellow flowers!

Happy yellow day :-)

Insects party

Despite the quite rainy weather, or maybe thanks to it, there were a lot of flowers - especially on the little islands, Grand-Bé and Petit-Bé. What a feast for insects :-)

Bumble bee

Red and black

Little bumble bee

Bell tower view

A view that I enjoyed taking a lot: the bell tower of the Saint-Vincent cathedral, blurred and from afar behing some plants :-)

Rainy view on Saint-Malo

Hare's-tail grass

Thistle and Saint-Malo

Photo mash-up #54

Today's theme is: cheeky gulls!

Happy gulls day :-)

Micro Zoo

The first thing I visited after I got to Saint-Malo was a tiny zoo located inside the ramparts walls - I had noticed it among the exhibited flyers of the tourist office - and it was really worth the visit!

Tortoise

Small lizard

Hidden snake

Trip to Saint-Malo

A new trip to Brittany this year, this time to the pretty medieval city of Saint-Malo :-)

I really enjoyed the place (despite a slightly wet weather), especially the ramparts circling the historical center which I could access within a few minutes from the accomodation I was staying in!

View on Saint-Malo from the rocks

Ramparts

Little turret on the ramparts