We left the Champagne region on Sunday morning the 17th and after few hours we arrived in Rennes, the capital of Bretagne. The weather was sunny and windy, so we could appreciate the beauty of this city in the best conditions. After a quick lunch on a nice terrace, we took a walk through the streets, we found imposing and classical buildings but also traditional houses with wooden structure. A massive palace was the Parliament of Bretagne, dating from the period when this region was still independent from France. We will feel the “independency” of this region also in the next days, especially because of its own language (the names of the places are all written both in French as in the original Breton name) and the reserved attitude of the people.
Walking up a road we arrived to the big cathedral that was on top of a hill and took a walk in the annex park. Something we constantly admired during our trip were the beautiful flowers and accurate gardens, magnificent roundabouts and street corners: every free space in France is accurately gardened!
Unfortunately Sunday is a day that always gives a melancholic face to a city, so we decided to leave Rennes to reach our next destination: the Forest of Broceliande. Since days we had been so exited about this place, like two kids leaving for Disneyworld… The reason of our excitement was given by all celtic legends originating from this forest: Merlin, King Arthur, Morgana and many other characters of tales.
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