This weekend was the last CIEE excursion... we went to the southern coast of Brittany for who knows why... but it was nice to get out of Rennes for a minute. Except it rained all weekend. Sigh. We went to Pont Aven, Quimper, Concarneau, Pont du Raz, and Locronon. The bus had door problems on the way home so we were late, but that was ok. My favorite places were Concarneau and the Pont du Raz.
In Concarneau we stayed at an auberge right on the Atlantic Ocean.
That's the view we had from our window.
Then we accidentally found an "exploding fire mime show," but not before Kelin, Sally and I tried and failed to do the Monkee walk. When we all nearly fell over, Jenny kindly reminded us that "There's an ocean right there." We were far enough away from the edge of the wall that we would have been ok. Haha.
There were also live drummers to help make the show more exciting!
They started off by blowing a HUGE plume of flame, which unfortunately there are no photos of, that was so large and hot it nearly burned our faces!
Sparkler Hula Hoop
Then there was a less cool acrobatic show on the church. Meh.
After the exploding fire mimes, we found a bar/restaurant to hang out in for a little bit. We had two monitors AND both of the program directors with us even. They were playing Latin music so Sally taught me to Samba and Meringue, and we ordered drinks. Most of us just had a glass of wine, I had Sauvignon. We had a good time but it was really hot. Kelin and Jenny and I left while the others went to find a concert somewhere. The window of the room was cracked all night, so we fell asleep to the sound of the waves breaking on the shore. Yeah. Jealous?
The next day we went to the Pont du Raz, the westernmost point of France. Unfortunately it was rainy and very foggy, so we couldn't see much, but it was still cool.
Yup, I'm really in Brittany!
There were SO MANY SNAILS. I don't know if you can see them but there are two or three in this photo.
If you see a little yellow dot way out there, it's my friend Matt. He took off right away and was climbing on the scary parts of the rocks haha.
We had lunch in Locronon, which included KOUIGN AMANN for dessert. My life was happy. We had an extra hour to wander around while the bus door was getting fixed. It was a pretty place, I liked the cemetery.
The bus ride home was long but it was a pretty good weekend overall.
My tasty Traou Mad cookie ice cream in Pont Aven. Not bad!
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