Brittany is living up to our expectations. Today we had a great day with beautiful medieval towns, and incredible beaches.
When we planned the itinerary yesterday our first stop was Treguier which was described as a beautiful riverfront port. Since about half of the towns in Brittany are riverfront ports I was prepared for a quick stop before we moved on.
When we pulled into town it was market day which is always a treat in France so I knew it would not be a quick stop. This was a large market and there were all kinds of interesting vegetables, cheeses, and meats to look at. We spent some time in the lower market by the port, before heading to the upper market next to the cathedral.
The upper market was more clothes and other stuff than food. We enjoyed looking around there as well as popping into a couple of the stores on the main square of town.
The cathedral in town was also interesting. To our amateur eyes it appears to be a little more austere than typical French cathedrals.
Our next stop for the day was Tregastel Plage, which is a beach renown for its pink sand and interesting rock formations. The place was fantastic and only Ton’s pictures can do it justice.
Our last stop for the day was Trebeurden. After checking into our campground for the night we debated whether to go to the beach right away or way for sunset, after checking sunset and finding out it was not until 9:25 we decided to go right away.
Walking back we were trying to figure out why sunset was so late here. The latitude is about the same as Portland but the sunset is much later right now. Our friend Kathy Howe supplied the answer, the issue is not latitude but longitude. By all rights Brittany should be in the same time zone as England, but since France only has one time zone sunrise and sunset are about an hour earlier on the clock than they should be.