Today Ian and I said a reluctant farewell to our Hotel LaFleuray and made the three hour drive to the chateau where we will be sleeping this evening. After arriving at our hotel, we made a small drive around the area (near Chateaubriant in Bretagne) and then walked around our beautiful estate. We were horribly traumatized in Turkey several years ago, as we did not have the correct documentation for the toll roads and had to explain this to nice men who spoke no English -- and carried weapons. As a result, we set the Garmin to avoid toll roads, and this turned out to be the best thing ever. Today was a glorious day with brilliant sunshine making everything beautiful. We soared along small highways and even smaller rural roads, through many tiny towns, and watched the landscape gradually change. Our hotel is amazing -- it really is a working chateau, and the restaurant is very famous. Ian and I have attempted to translate the on-line menu -- check it out yourself at
at this link. I will just let a few pictures tell you about this glorious day.
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| Our room in the Manoir de La Joholtiere. A beautiful big room! |
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| One wing of the Manoir. |
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| The ruins of the forge, early 1800s. |
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| War memorial in Lundray. |
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| Church in Lundray. |
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| Menhirs outside of Lundray. |
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| Monument to the French Resistance near Lundray |
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| Menhirs near th Resistance monument. |
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| Farm track near the Resistance monument. |
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| Abey de Melleunary, near our hotel. |
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| Birdy. |
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