Normandy and Brittany, a unique experience between history and natural beauty

AN INCREDIBLE TRIP, WHICH WE WILL REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME, INDEED FOREVER!

NORMANDY AND BRITTANY WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS!

THE CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE AND THE MANY KM PLANNED (IN THE END THEY WOULD BE 4500

COVERED ABOARD THE LEGENDARY CITROEN C8) INITIALLY WORRIED US, WHAT'S MORE

IT WAS OUR FIRST ADVENTURE IN EUROPE WITH OUR LITTLE DOG LUCKY WHO

EXPERIENCED TRULY MAGICAL MOMENTS LIKE US.

NORMANDY OFFERED US UNFORGETTABLE DAYS, AS IN FECAMP WHERE WE

STAYED IN A STUPENDOUS CAMPSITE WITH A FRONT-OCEAN VIEW.

NOT TO MENTION THE OUTINGS WE DID, LIKE THE ONE TO ETRETAT WITH ITS

WHITE CLIFFS AND ITS VERY PRETTY CENTRE, AND TO CAP FAGNET WHERE WE

TOOK TENS AND TENS OF PHOTOS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR BUNKERS AND THE

MULINO BIANCO-STYLE WHEAT FIELDS. ALSO TO REMEMBER IS THE TRIP TO HONFLEUR WHERE

WE BOUGHT FINE WINES AND WHERE WE ATE A GOOD CREPE

WITH NUTELLA.

OBVIOUSLY A VISIT TO THE LANDING BEACHES LIKE OMAHA

BEACH AND ARROMANCHES COULD NOT BE MISSING, WITH ITS ARTIFICIAL PORT STILL CLEARLY VISIBLE AT A DISTANCE

OF OVER 60 YEARS, AND THE SITES OF POINT DU HOC AND LONGUES SUR MER, PLACES THAT STILL

TODAY CARRY THE MARKS LEFT BY THE WAR AND BY THE LANDING THAT TOOK PLACE ON 6-6-1944.

IN THIS AREA THE PHENOMENON OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE IS ALSO REMARKABLE, IN FACT TO

REMEMBER ARE THE NUMEROUS RUNS OF LUCKY ON THE BEACH TOWEL, A REAL JOY

TO SEE HIM RUN.

IN THE SECOND WEEK OF HOLIDAY WE MOVED TO BRITTANY, AND PRECISELY

TO THE CAMPING LES CHAVRETS VERY CLOSE TO ST MALO, THIS TOO WAS A CHOICE

SPOT ON ABOVE ALL FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE CAMPSITE EQUIPPED WITH AN ENORMOUS

PRIVATE BEACH, AND BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED IN A TRULY STRATEGIC POINT.

FROM HERE, BESIDES THE STUPENDOUS ST MALO SURROUNDED BY IMPOSING WALLS, WE

VISITED DINAN (ANCIENT MEDIEVAL TOWN), DINARD (A SEASIDE TOWN, THE

PROMENADE BY THE SEA IS VERY BEAUTIFUL), CANCALE (FAMOUS BECAUSE IT IS THE HOME OF OYSTERS), CAP FRAHEL (

WITH ITS HIGH COASTS AND ITS LIGHTHOUSE) AND FORT LA LATTE (A FORTRESS PERCHED ON

THE SEA) WHERE EVEN LUCKY WAS ABLE TO VISIT THE INTERIOR, CLIMBING THE STEEP

STAIRS OF THE CASTLE.

THEN THE CHERRY ON THE CAKE COULD NOT BE MISSING... MONT SAINT MICHEL, WHERE ON

OUR ARRIVAL A REAL DOWNPOUR BROKE OUT, BUT SOON AFTER WE RESUMED

OUR TRIP, FIRST ALONG THE CHARACTERISTIC LITTLE STREETS AND THEN DESCENDING

BELOW THE ABBEY WHERE BY NOW THE TIDE HAD RETREATED, IN FACT HERE TOO LUCKY WAS

UNLEASHED RUNNING ON THE SOFT SAND.

THE WEATHER WASN'T EXCEPTIONAL, BUT CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE IN NORTHERN EUROPE, IT DIDN'T

GO BADLY. THE PLACES VISITED WERE ALL TRULY

FANTASTIC (EXCEPT LE HAVRE), THESE TWO REGIONS OF FRANCE GIVE

TO THE HOLIDAY THAT SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE THAT I, VALENTINA AND LUCKY SEEK, AND

HAVING STAYED IN BUNGALOWS WAS THE BEST CHOICE.

WE RECOMMEND EVERYONE TO VISIT NORMANDY AND BRITTANY,

AND THEN IF, LIKE US, YOU HAVE A 4-LEGGED FRIEND, KNOW THAT HERE THEY WILL BE TRULY

WELCOME, AND THE WIDE BEACHES AND THE NEVER-TOO-HOT CLIMATE WILL PLEASE YOUR

DOG, OURS STILL THANKS US FOR THE BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE SHARED 24/7 WITH

HIS TWO LITTLE OWNERS... CLAUDIO AND VALENTINA

A GREETING FROM THE TRAVELLERS

CLAUDIO, VALENTINA AND LUCKY

Normandy and Brittany (9 - 23 JULY 2011)