Goodbye Brittany

Posted July 15, 2014

The last few days have been very busy. Sorry that we haven’t posted anything! Four days ago was Juno Beach day. 

The day after that we went to the beach in Carnac. For those of you that are old enough, Johnny Carson used to do a bit called the Almighty Carnac who could supposedly read minds. It was very funny and the name came from the mysterious rocks in Carnac that are placed in a field. We saw the rocks on our way home.

The next day we drove 920 km from Dinan to le Sappey en Chartreuse which is just north of Grenoble in the Chartreuse mountains. To say it is gorgeous here is an understatement! Our chalet is nestled right in the mountains with an incredible view of le Chamechaud out of almost every window. 

We drove from 350 m elevation in Grenoble to about 1150 m to get to it. The road is a little narrow so there were about three or four locals on our tail by the time we got up.

That night after unpacking we went to a local restaurant for dinner then came back to watch the World Cup final. I think Sam was the only one who made it to the end without falling asleep, we were all so tired.
There is a lot of excitement in town as the Tour de France is coming through on Friday – probably no more than 200 m away from our front step. We are all looking forward to seeing it first hand. I’m not sure how they will negotiate these roads down to Grenoble. It will definitely be impressive to see!
The plan for today is to drive back down to Grenoble for some groceries and a little sightseeing. It is the national holiday here today so there should be some interesting stuff going on.
Thanks for reading. Talk to you later!