Vannes

Sunrise is after 8:00am - today a busy start to the day. I have never heard a plane since I have been here so it's kind of surprising there's so much action going on up there up there.

So just a few photos of the medieval town centre in Vannes. It's a pleasure to get around the pedestrianised streets. 

This is Vannes and His Wife, keeping an eye on 

what's going on. 

I keep being attracted to walled towns.
My walk into Vannes is down through a park, across the stone bridge and through a gate in the walls.

The original town hall, no longer used as such, replaced by an eye-sore of a more modern building up the road. There's a brass monkey on the lion's plinth. It's a gift from a twinned town and has real character. 

This is a primary school opposite the town hall. 

And this home is right over the road from my studio apartment which is in a 70s style block. I really love the way the stone gatehouse has been renovated.
Major house envy.

Around Vannes - Elven

Fifteen km from Vannes, the trip by local bus is great value. Remains have been found here of settlement dating back to the Bronze Age. For some reason I loved it from the moment I got off the bus.

The market stalls in the main place were being packed up. Everything closes up over the lunch period, so I joined the workmen at a cheery Lebanese place and ordered a mixed mezze plate. Modern blocks of flats are being built around thevillage centre so the days of this being a quiet village of 2000 inhabitants are changing.

The village centrepiece is the Chapelle Sainte Anne.

The stained glass windows are beautiful, very modern-looking. They tell the story of Sainte Anne's life. 

 My photos of stained glass never capture the glow and sumptuousness of the colours. The chapel has been restored over the years but parts of it are twelfth century.

 A project just waiting to happen. 

Imagine! So me.