Thursday, 24 October 2013

Quimper

  We took Barry and Mary to visit Quimper (pronounced 'kam-per') which is about an hour's drive from Huelgoat heading south.
  Our first stop was at the restaurant Chez Max (8 Rue du Parc, 29000 France, Tel 0229401020). This Breton restaurant is one of my favourites; it's down by the river near the cathedral, the food is divine....and so is the ambience.  I forgot to take a picture because I was too busy eating.
  Next we explored the old town where there are some amazing old buildings and lovely shops.


  After that we spent some time in the Cathedrale de Saint-Corentin, which is a national monument of Brittany. It's a Gothic cathedral but it bends in the middle to follow the contours of the land and to avoid a swamp that was present at the time of its construction!
C'est vraiment tres belle, et tres spirituelle.




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