Earlier this year, I wrote about the week-long biennial boat festival in the last week of May, the Semaine du Golfe, in the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany. Today I finally uploaded all my videos from this festival, primarily from the spectacular boat parade on the...
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Festival Interceltique 2018
The Festival Interceltique, the largest Celtic music festival in the world, held in Lorient every year, is set for August 3-12, 2018! Lorient street art I was lucky enough to catch the very last night of the festivities last year, as my latest three or so weeks of...
A Road Trip through Southern Italy: The Full Itinerary
In late June/early July, sandwiched between and alumni reunion in Malta and a wedding in Gaeta, Italy, I found myself in the oh-so-difficult position of having 10 days or so to kill in Italy. My full itinerary can be found under Longer Trip Itineraries. Matera I...
A Road Trip through Southern Italy: Photos
In late June/early July, sandwiched between and alumni reunion in Malta and a wedding in Gaeta, Italy, I found myself in the oh-so-difficult position of having 10 days or so to kill in Italy. Ostuni I decided a road trip through the south of Italy was in order. Aside...
Home Exchanges and Pet Sitting
There are a number of websites out there that allow you to list your home not for rent, but to exchange for a stay at someone else's home. This is a great option for a lower cost vacation and oftentimes a nearly free luxury vacation! Some allow you to stay at...
Mallorca
The northern part of the Spanish island of Mallorca boasts spectacular scenery. You can view my photos from Mallorca here. My day-by-day itinerary can be found under Longer Trip Itineraries. For this 5-night/6-day trip, we flew out of Paris and back to Nantes as we...
A Week in the Azores
In January, my mom and I took a 6-day trip to the island of Terceira, in the Azores. Terceira combines colonial Portuguese architecture, Portuguese cuisine, green landscapes reminiscent of Ireland and a volcanic geological history that is still very evident today. You...
Photos from the Brittany Coastal Trail
My photos from my August GR34 hike are up! You can view all my photos from Vitré (Ille-et-Vilaine) to Le Bono (Morbihan) HERE. Concarneau at sunrise I estimate that I've now hiked about 1,191 miles out of a total of approximately 1,500 miles of coastline, including...
Another Update from the Trail
I've made it home. Essentially. Lunch This past Tuesday morning, I hiked to the Le Bono, just next door to my Brittany home base of Baden. Pointe de Trévignon I had originally planned to finish this leg of the coast of Brittany on Sunday, August 13th in Lorient, and...
The Festival Interceltique de Lorient
The timing of this last leg of my hike could not have been better. On Sunday evening, I hiked 34+ miles to the center of the city of Lorient, the largest city in the Morbihan department. My feet would have preferred that I spend the rest of the evening in bed, but...
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