Travel
Visited places
The list so far is not that impressive but I am working to increase it. The visited countries, island or cities are: Athens, Crete, Guadeloupe, Malta (no pictures), Djibouti (no pictures and not recommended), Lanzarote (no pictures), various spanish cities including Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona.
On Sunday, before seeing friends in Wales, we visited Saint Fagans. Even though my wife worked several years in Cardiff, she never visited Saint Fagans. It was well presented and I enjoyed the visit. We spent the evening with friends.
We travelled on Monday to Plymouth where we took the overnight ferry to Roscoff. We travelled from Roscoff to Douarnenez on Tuesday 22nd through Crozon where we strolled the street of this town. We arrived to Douarnenez on Tuesday afternoon at Hôtel Valdys la Baie.
On Wednesday, we strolled the street of Douarnenez and we looked where the Fetes Maritimes would be.
On Thursday 23rd, we boarded on the Pegasus that is a Bristol Pilot Cuter. We sailed a couple of hours where we took several pictures.
The sailing conditions were optimal: above average temperature, medium wind and almost blue sky. We hoisted and dropped most sails. I enjoyed those peaceful two hours.
On Friday, we went to Quimper that has started the Cournouilles festival. We enjoyed visiting the Breton County Museum where there was an exposition of the crepes history and a quick seminar on the Medieval art.
The return to Douarnenez was complicated as some bus stops were closed but we did manage to go back to the Fetes Maritimes for torch sailing. I was disappointed because it was smaller than I imagined.
On Saturday, we went back to the Fetes Maritimes for the last time where we saw various ships sailing close to the port with live commentaries.
We also attended Sea Chanty tutorial. On Sunday we rested before traveling to Roscoff on Monday and Manchester on Tuesday.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, we saw friends who we have not seen for a while. On Thursday, we visited Turton tower on Blackburn Council. The village football club was one of the founding members of the FA. Interesting tour with enthusiastic volunteers.
It was a nice trip around England, Wales and France with no too many things planned.
More pictures are available in the Douarnenez gallery.
Select the report of the previous trip you wish to read.
Introduction
Traveling has always been a joy for me. Most of my early trips were done without any cameras. The recent ones were done with some sorts of camera. This page is not intended to show all my pictures but just my thought on the various trips when I have pictures.Visited places
The list so far is not that impressive but I am working to increase it. The visited countries, island or cities are: Athens, Crete, Guadeloupe, Malta (no pictures), Djibouti (no pictures and not recommended), Lanzarote (no pictures), various spanish cities including Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona.
Trip reports
Between the17th and the 31st July, my wife and I travelled through England and France for the Fetes Maritimes. We arrived in Bristol on the 17th where we saw friends and family on the Friday evening and at lunch on Saturday.On Sunday, before seeing friends in Wales, we visited Saint Fagans. Even though my wife worked several years in Cardiff, she never visited Saint Fagans. It was well presented and I enjoyed the visit. We spent the evening with friends.
We travelled on Monday to Plymouth where we took the overnight ferry to Roscoff. We travelled from Roscoff to Douarnenez on Tuesday 22nd through Crozon where we strolled the street of this town. We arrived to Douarnenez on Tuesday afternoon at Hôtel Valdys la Baie.
On Wednesday, we strolled the street of Douarnenez and we looked where the Fetes Maritimes would be.
On Thursday 23rd, we boarded on the Pegasus that is a Bristol Pilot Cuter. We sailed a couple of hours where we took several pictures.
The sailing conditions were optimal: above average temperature, medium wind and almost blue sky. We hoisted and dropped most sails. I enjoyed those peaceful two hours.
On Friday, we went to Quimper that has started the Cournouilles festival. We enjoyed visiting the Breton County Museum where there was an exposition of the crepes history and a quick seminar on the Medieval art.
The return to Douarnenez was complicated as some bus stops were closed but we did manage to go back to the Fetes Maritimes for torch sailing. I was disappointed because it was smaller than I imagined.
On Saturday, we went back to the Fetes Maritimes for the last time where we saw various ships sailing close to the port with live commentaries.
We also attended Sea Chanty tutorial. On Sunday we rested before traveling to Roscoff on Monday and Manchester on Tuesday.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, we saw friends who we have not seen for a while. On Thursday, we visited Turton tower on Blackburn Council. The village football club was one of the founding members of the FA. Interesting tour with enthusiastic volunteers.
It was a nice trip around England, Wales and France with no too many things planned.
More pictures are available in the Douarnenez gallery.
Select the report of the previous trip you wish to read.
Future destinations
The list is growing everyday. The trips that I would like to do are: Hawaii, Florida (Miami and Orlando in particular), Las Vegas, Japan, China, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Venice, etc.