not these rocks. They are way old and their keeper was severely obsessive compulsive because they are all lined up in neat little rows, smallest to biggest.
Welcome to Carnac
Carnac is in Brittany and is home to des alignements, yes, the alignment of the rocks. Remember way back when we in Ireland and we visited Newgrange at Bru Na Bhoine? It was that big stone structure on top of the hill aligned with the solstice? No? Then go back to Smoke gets in your eyes for more detail, or just imagine.
Anyway, these rock structures are also aligned (get it, get it?) with those in Ireland. The Irish one is a massive tomb structure, whereas these one had relatively small burial sites. The Carnac site pre-dates Newgrange and probably explains some of the differences.
These sites were spread over a relatively wide area, so we drove from the alignment to this burial tomb about 5 minutes away. It was poorly signposted and hidden from the road, so while there were large numbers wandering the alignments, there was just us at this site.
La Rochelle
From Carnac we turned the car toward La Rochelle, another sea port. It was a long 3hour + drive, but most of it was on major road. We did get caught behind a number of tractors, but that is to be expected.
I'm sure John Cleese is deliberately being nasty to me and directing me down small streets. The final drive to the hotel through the narrow cobble stoned streets of La Rochelle was traumatic. I'll take some photos today so you can get the picture (get it, get it?). At one stage, I had to scrape past one of those large transit vans that was parked on the road/footpath, sometimes it is difficult to tell what's what. And when I say scrape, I mean scrape. We thought we'd have to pull the mirrors in because the tyres were scraping on the footpath and Jayne's nails were digging into my right shoulder.
And the parking area for the hotel is just as terrifying. Again, pictures later. OMG.
Anyway, after that I needed a drink and a sit down so we walked the shopping centre area down to the dock to find a restaurant for dinner. This was most exciting because it was an absolutely beautiful day and the temperature actually topped out at 25! Sunshine! I opted for shorts for the first time since we left.
Dinner was lovely. We sat and enjoyed the sunshine and watched the crowded side of the harbour from our quiet table. On the other side, there were groups of wandering university students dressed in costume making a lot of noise and having lots of fun.
BTW the 2 towers you see in the photo are the gateway to the port and in medieval times they hung a huge chain between the towers to stop invading vessels entering the port.
Welcome to Carnac
Carnac is in Brittany and is home to des alignements, yes, the alignment of the rocks. Remember way back when we in Ireland and we visited Newgrange at Bru Na Bhoine? It was that big stone structure on top of the hill aligned with the solstice? No? Then go back to Smoke gets in your eyes for more detail, or just imagine.
Anyway, these rock structures are also aligned (get it, get it?) with those in Ireland. The Irish one is a massive tomb structure, whereas these one had relatively small burial sites. The Carnac site pre-dates Newgrange and probably explains some of the differences.
These sites were spread over a relatively wide area, so we drove from the alignment to this burial tomb about 5 minutes away. It was poorly signposted and hidden from the road, so while there were large numbers wandering the alignments, there was just us at this site.
La Rochelle
From Carnac we turned the car toward La Rochelle, another sea port. It was a long 3hour + drive, but most of it was on major road. We did get caught behind a number of tractors, but that is to be expected.
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| The view from dinner |
And the parking area for the hotel is just as terrifying. Again, pictures later. OMG.
Anyway, after that I needed a drink and a sit down so we walked the shopping centre area down to the dock to find a restaurant for dinner. This was most exciting because it was an absolutely beautiful day and the temperature actually topped out at 25! Sunshine! I opted for shorts for the first time since we left.
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| The gates into the harbour |
BTW the 2 towers you see in the photo are the gateway to the port and in medieval times they hung a huge chain between the towers to stop invading vessels entering the port.
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