Brittany - 6/1

Great visit to the Maritime Museum of Brest. The museum really focuses on Brest which has been the major port of France for centuries. The fun part is that is a castle too and never breached even in WW2 (the Germans surrendered in September ‘44). Then onto the Hotel de la Plage (Hotel of the Beach). Wonderful old 1924 beach hotel and part of the Relais and Chateau. The beach was full of activities from horse training to three wheeled beach sailing buggies.

Matt, Kevin and I did a 2 mile walk up to a nearby bluff and then back to town. For the 5th night in a row we closed down the restaurant as the last patrons.Read more