Looking for a Village

Part of the purpose of this trip is to see how we like the Bretagne region as a place to call retirement. We are starting out pretty tired after driving for two days, but our aversion to "city" has not changed. 

Looking to the Port of Dinan from the English garden

We drove from Beauvais to Dinan; not a long drive, but not short either, and the traffic was much heavier than the previous day. Out lodgings are quite lovely; we're staying in a castle which has been broken up into multiple apartments, most of which are occupied by permanent residents. But out room is huge and open with nice views and big windows. 

Io is demonstrating how he feels about the driving.

After taking a chill we walked the mile into the heart of Dinan and visited the famous places all the travel blogs talk about. We were too tired to do much more than look, and shops were starting to close, but it looked like the restaurants were gearing up for a festive Friday night. 

 I read about the street this building is on, it's special for some reason. Perhaps it's very old. 

Then we came upon Rue du Jerzual, which was also on my to-do list for unknown reasons. But, probably not too hard to figure out; it has to be the oldest street in the city. We didn't follow it all the way down because I think it goes to the river, which would have meant a big climb back up, but the doors were all short! Such that you'd have to bend over to enter. At the city wall (did I mention Dinan is a walled city? like so many french villages) I managed to get a shot of the street looking up and it is very scenic. 

Finally we headed back and rested up for another, ideally more relaxing, day. 

Dinan aquaduct is now a busy road