Thursday October 15, 2015 – Dinan to Perros Guirec, France

We got up about 8:30 and went to breakfast at 9.  The American couple from Germany was there and we talked to them again.

We packed up, Tim got the car, and we checked out with Jerome.  We headed north, first to a small scenic town, Morderuc for a photo stop as recommended by Emilie.

The small village of Morderuc

Morderuc, France

Then we drove on north to Cancale and walked to a lookout point.  We could barely see Le Mont St. Michel in the distance across the bay.  We walked around the town a while and had a coffee and pastry.  Then we began driving toward Saint Malo.  We had visited there yesterday so we bypassed it today.

We headed instead to Cap Frehel which was out on a long point in the bay with a huge lighthouse.  The cliffs were spectacular and there were small yellow flowers on the evergreen bushes.  We had a nice walk out to the point overlooking the sea, where there obviously was a garrison during the war.

Beautiful view from Cap Frehel

Beautiful shore liine

Panorama of Cap Frehel

Rocky cliffs - the "Granite Coast"

Beautiful flowering shrubs

The lighthouse as Cap Frehel

We then headed west to Trelevern, a small town just south of Perros Guirec.  We stopped along the way at a restaurant for lunch and had a huge lunch with an appetizer, main course, cheese, dessert, wine, water and coffee for 12 euros each.  Not the most flavorful but filling. 

The altar in the cathedral in Trelevern

Tombs around the cathefral

The beautiful cathedral in Trelevern

A beautiful half-timbered building in Trelevern

Narrow streets in Trelevern

The cathedral and main square in Trelevern

We ran into several barricades on the road leading to Trelevern so we went around to get to the Chateau de Kergouanton, a huge castle out in the country on beautiful grounds.  We have a huge room and access to a living room with 2 large walk-in fireplaces and very, very high ceilings.  Our bedroom is called Beausemblant.  The entire property is beautiful.  It was restored in 2012 by Anne and Hugues Prie.  They have before and after pictures in the living area for everyone to enjoy.

The view from our window at Chateau de Kergouanton - huge elephant leaf plants

Our bedroom in the castle

Our "living room" in Chateau de Kergouanton

I took a much needed nap and rested by sore feet while Tim used the living room.  We left at 7:40 for the 10 minute ride into Perros Guirec for dinner.  We ate at La Cremaillere and it was delicious.  We started with a vodka shot, followed by huge oysters for Tim and fish soup for me.  Tim had the bar fish and I had a brochette of shrimp and scallops.  With a bottle of Sancerre.  Followed by an apple soufflé, calvados and coffee.  We talked to 4 women from Atlanta and had fun.

Drove back to the castle B&B about 11:30 and went straight to bed.  It is COLD in the castle tonight.