tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66510280357568590042012-02-15T22:43:03.717-08:00Blogging randomly from my Krec'h Maner in my corner of paradise in FranceKrec'h Maner, Côtes d'Armorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278378288252146649noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651028035756859004.post-62207652176249837252008-07-21T17:29:00.000-07:002008-07-21T18:35:57.123-07:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIUtDF_VUFI/AAAAAAAAADQ/QnTFUwHu17Q/s1600-h/DSC04226.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225632473804001362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIUtDF_VUFI/AAAAAAAAADQ/QnTFUwHu17Q/s400/DSC04226.JPG" border="0" /></a>A delicious barley-based crêpe topped by an egg and cheese is a typical Breton meal or served with ham and an egg cooked sunny side up is an all time favourite snack (or full meal) in Brittany.<br /></div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIUrpgTeUVI/AAAAAAAAADI/Ogv-VipKchA/s1600-h/IMG_5668.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225630934679572818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIUrpgTeUVI/AAAAAAAAADI/Ogv-VipKchA/s400/IMG_5668.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIUrK3VpwjI/AAAAAAAAADA/-P2aPwz-9oQ/s1600-h/IMG_5666.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225630408286782002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIUrK3VpwjI/AAAAAAAAADA/-P2aPwz-9oQ/s400/IMG_5666.JPG" border="0" /></a>A typical crêpe-based Breton dish, topped by salad and garnished with slices of fruit; serve with a glass of chilled cidre.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIUqu8WU4rI/AAAAAAAAAC4/6LfzFp3E460/s1600-h/IMG_5664.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225629928595448498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIUqu8WU4rI/AAAAAAAAAC4/6LfzFp3E460/s400/IMG_5664.JPG" border="0" /></a> Another typical Breton dish: a mixture of <em>boudin, lardon, choux</em> (marinated cabbage) with sauted onion and potatoes topped by a variety of herbs.</div><br /><div align="justify"><em>(Photo 1 from </em><a id="lhid_albumlink" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/dama16/30AnsDeGaelle"><em><strong>30 ans de Gaelle</strong></em></a><em>; photos 2, 3, and 4 by <a href="http://www.plouha.blogspot.com/"><strong>yours truly</strong></a>.)</em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6651028035756859004-6220765217624983725?l=plouha.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krec'h Maner, Côtes d'Armorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278378288252146649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651028035756859004.post-34090770714190674582008-07-18T16:23:00.000-07:002008-07-18T16:26:10.466-07:00<div align="justify">Brittany is my adopted province. Everything in the region is beautiful, its landscapes, seascapes, its stone cottages, its buildings, old and new are simply beautiful and... I love their churches, simply majestic.<br /><br />The architectural designs of most of the churches in Brittany are similar -- very Breton, i.e., built in granite, the shape is angular and the appearance solid; strange as it may sound, the shape reminds one of a fighter aircraft ready to take off; a strange comparisson but truly, I've seen so many of them and each time that's what the edifice reminds me of, besides of course, the fact that the structure truly seems to be reaching for the heavens...<br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#3366ff;">°</span></div><div align="justify">The tiniest of villages and towns in Brittany has a church. Here are some pictures I took of some of the churches during a visit last month.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224489696799660034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEdst5umAI/AAAAAAAABVA/VUqnSVkkJnI/s400/IMG_9295.JPG" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEdgaRxpVI/AAAAAAAABU4/hwZBfdb1D6U/s1600-h/IMG_9270.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224489485373384018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEdgaRxpVI/AAAAAAAABU4/hwZBfdb1D6U/s400/IMG_9270.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEdAqs-2DI/AAAAAAAABUo/ghcLTZeV9mA/s1600-h/IMG_9448.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224488940026648626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEdAqs-2DI/AAAAAAAABUo/ghcLTZeV9mA/s400/IMG_9448.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEdP1CkZMI/AAAAAAAABUw/Rmeh2pnIySk/s1600-h/IMG_8541.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224489200499582146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEdP1CkZMI/AAAAAAAABUw/Rmeh2pnIySk/s400/IMG_8541.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEZZOAPTwI/AAAAAAAABT4/g-1tv-Z38ug/s1600-h/IMG_9138.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224484963773009666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEZZOAPTwI/AAAAAAAABT4/g-1tv-Z38ug/s400/IMG_9138.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEczY5UW_I/AAAAAAAABUg/KU3nG2ovMEY/s1600-h/IMG_9405.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224488711908252658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEczY5UW_I/AAAAAAAABUg/KU3nG2ovMEY/s400/IMG_9405.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEcXisWHuI/AAAAAAAABUY/qLckLqDUbPw/s1600-h/IMG_9184.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224488233501859554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_adO630yZJNU/SIEcXisWHuI/AAAAAAAABUY/qLckLqDUbPw/s400/IMG_9184.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6651028035756859004-3409077071419067458?l=plouha.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krec'h Maner, Côtes d'Armorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278378288252146649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651028035756859004.post-58685433229690394572008-07-18T15:23:00.000-07:002008-07-18T15:28:10.225-07:00<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIEYlvgezcI/AAAAAAAAAB4/lUZXXx-TjzM/s1600-h/IMG_9140.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224484079413415362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIEYlvgezcI/AAAAAAAAAB4/lUZXXx-TjzM/s400/IMG_9140.JPG" border="0" /></a> French, Breton and European...<br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIEYatd1--I/AAAAAAAAABw/oS-zWpXBWZw/s1600-h/IMG_9138.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224483889886919650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIEYatd1--I/AAAAAAAAABw/oS-zWpXBWZw/s400/IMG_9138.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIEYRAqplTI/AAAAAAAAABo/oY3fulDemiE/s1600-h/IMG_9139.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224483723242214706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SIEYRAqplTI/AAAAAAAAABo/oY3fulDemiE/s400/IMG_9139.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6651028035756859004-5868543322969039457?l=plouha.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krec'h Maner, Côtes d'Armorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278378288252146649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651028035756859004.post-67389291312512395002008-07-16T20:12:00.000-07:002008-07-16T20:36:07.428-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH65y_UXAMI/AAAAAAAAABY/6Ma1W8H5Bg8/s1600-h/IMG_9514.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH65y_UXAMI/AAAAAAAAABY/6Ma1W8H5Bg8/s400/IMG_9514.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223816903437779138" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">An old stone house dating back to 1778 near Pleubian magnificently <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH65KS9oYmI/AAAAAAAAABQ/axATzjrlwlw/s1600-h/IMG_9520.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH65KS9oYmI/AAAAAAAAABQ/axATzjrlwlw/s400/IMG_9520.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223816204336521826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH698ZNFywI/AAAAAAAAABg/BpO9za3go6A/s1600-h/IMG_9507.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH698ZNFywI/AAAAAAAAABg/BpO9za3go6A/s400/IMG_9507.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223821463051946754" border="0" /></a>overlooking the sea.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6651028035756859004-6738929131251239500?l=plouha.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krec'h Maner, Côtes d'Armorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278378288252146649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651028035756859004.post-83790708321288220812008-07-16T19:46:00.000-07:002008-07-16T19:48:29.096-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH6y6V0JS6I/AAAAAAAAABI/8VuclvSE3yo/s1600-h/IMG_9270.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH6y6V0JS6I/AAAAAAAAABI/8VuclvSE3yo/s400/IMG_9270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223809333154368418" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6651028035756859004-8379070832128822081?l=plouha.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krec'h Maner, Côtes d'Armorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278378288252146649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651028035756859004.post-62665719452082003782008-07-16T19:44:00.000-07:002008-07-21T18:41:30.344-07:00<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2108/2315996217_b864520e45.jpg?v=0" /> </p><p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2162/2316804190_16c9f1b10f.jpg?v=0" /> </p><p align="justify"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2315996297_71b2a0ac29.jpg?v=0" /> <em>Photos by </em><a href="http://plouha.blogspot.com/"><strong><em>yours truly</em></strong></a><em>.</em></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6651028035756859004-6266571945208200378?l=plouha.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krec'h Maner, Côtes d'Armorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278378288252146649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651028035756859004.post-54487865900542956902008-07-16T19:41:00.000-07:002008-07-16T19:43:27.774-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH6xf-LA8uI/AAAAAAAAABA/T5i9asdaUJk/s1600-h/IMG_9186.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH6xf-LA8uI/AAAAAAAAABA/T5i9asdaUJk/s400/IMG_9186.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223807780619612898" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6651028035756859004-5448786590054295690?l=plouha.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krec'h Maner, Côtes d'Armorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278378288252146649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651028035756859004.post-13632987467096742332008-07-16T08:06:00.000-07:002008-07-16T08:09:32.963-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH4O6PDenFI/AAAAAAAAAAY/ZnEkeTlKkAM/s1600-h/IMG_9442.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZDosBTMP7b0/SH4O6PDenFI/AAAAAAAAAAY/ZnEkeTlKkAM/s400/IMG_9442.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223629011432676434" border="0" /></a>Paimpol juin 2008<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6651028035756859004-1363298746709674233?l=plouha.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krec'h Maner, Côtes d'Armorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278378288252146649noreply@blogger.com0