Paris to Dinan, April 17

 Onto Dinan

   

"Our" Clio with Mark in background having a road side picnic

We ate croissants and had coffee in the square by the Hotel de Nice, checked out and took the Metro to the Gare de Lyon. Finding the car rental place was quite difficult; I think we walked a mile in the Gare to find it. But - we did find it and we have a hybrid Renault Clio.  It is practically brand new with few bells and whistles. Mark navigated beautifully out of Paris. 

   

The highways here have NO advertising which is restful to the eyes. The drive was about 4.5 hours, but we stopped en route to get the fixings for a picnic and ate at one of the many rest stops with picnic tables. The usual for us in France - baguette, cheese, ham. 

     Finding our guest house, La Maison Pavie, was a bit tricky. It is a very old half-timbered building, from the 1400s. It is on pedestrianized square, Sainte Sauveur with a basilica. We are on the third floor up two sets of winding stairs and opted to leave our bags in the car (in a parking garage) and take our clothes back and forth in shopping bags. 

   

 We have an immense room with a window on the square and a window out the back. The bathroom/shower is very modern.

      We walked to Suzette's for galettes which was about half a mile away and ate outside. Mark had a sausage, cheese one and Barbara had a vegetarian one. There was a small pro-Palestine protest a little bit away. After dinner, we wandered the medieval, winding, charming streets.

La Maison Pavie