Yesterday, AnneJulie and I took her parents car and drove around for a while. We first drove on the road that parallels the beach and took some pictures from where a lot of the boats are docked.
We then drove back through the beach area of La Baule, and drove through its neighboring town. The driving is quite different, and I can finally say I am used to it. The roads are incredibly narrow and there are rarely stop lights – roundabouts, including multiple lane roundabouts, dominate the roads. We then stopped a few times to look at the “Savage Coast”, which has a lot of beautiful cliffs. It was still very hot so it was nice to get out of the car and take some pictures and get some air.
We then drove to a fortified city called Guerande. The drive to this city was interesting as we drove on this very narrow two-way road that had salt fields on both sides of the road. The salt fields were very interesting to see – they have been there for a long time – since people started to use salt to preserve their food.
We then walked around the fortified city and took a lot of pictures. We then went to a nice restaurant, which took us forever to get seated. Nobody told us “oh, it will be x minutes”. We just stood there with other people and waited. Finally, we got seated, in the same seats that had been empty the whole time we were waiting. I had a “Cowzone” pizza and then a crepe that had sugar and butter for dessert. The whole experience took about two hours – it’s amazing how French restaurants take forever. And this wasn’t a SUPER classy restaurant. It was very nice, but it wasn’t a “get completely dressed up for” type of restaurant. We ate outside, as it was still very warm. Overall the food was very good. We then drove home and that concluded the nice day out.
Pictures of our trip can be found here.
We then drove back through the beach area of La Baule, and drove through its neighboring town. The driving is quite different, and I can finally say I am used to it. The roads are incredibly narrow and there are rarely stop lights – roundabouts, including multiple lane roundabouts, dominate the roads. We then stopped a few times to look at the “Savage Coast”, which has a lot of beautiful cliffs. It was still very hot so it was nice to get out of the car and take some pictures and get some air.
We then drove to a fortified city called Guerande. The drive to this city was interesting as we drove on this very narrow two-way road that had salt fields on both sides of the road. The salt fields were very interesting to see – they have been there for a long time – since people started to use salt to preserve their food.
We then walked around the fortified city and took a lot of pictures. We then went to a nice restaurant, which took us forever to get seated. Nobody told us “oh, it will be x minutes”. We just stood there with other people and waited. Finally, we got seated, in the same seats that had been empty the whole time we were waiting. I had a “Cowzone” pizza and then a crepe that had sugar and butter for dessert. The whole experience took about two hours – it’s amazing how French restaurants take forever. And this wasn’t a SUPER classy restaurant. It was very nice, but it wasn’t a “get completely dressed up for” type of restaurant. We ate outside, as it was still very warm. Overall the food was very good. We then drove home and that concluded the nice day out.
Pictures of our trip can be found here.
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