Day 3 Lehon, Comburg, Mont Dol

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 "Continental" Breakfast in the Hotel.  We came to love the huge air light croissants.  Decaf cappuchino for D.  They had a gizmo where you can boil your own eggs! Eggzactly what I wanted! Vast selection of meats, cheese, and strange things we weren't quite sure what they were.




8:00  Went across the square to tour the old town in Dinan.

9:21 Lehon and  The Abby de Lehon  This beautiful little village sits at the base of the hill that Dinan is on. 9th Century (!!!) Abby.  A river runs through it.  Ruins of an ancient castle at the top of hill.  Cool.





12:00 Combourg Castle built around 1025.  Made famous by French writer Chateaubriand.  Descendants still living in this one.

Chateau Comburg Castle

200 year old Cyprus on the grounds of Chateau Comburg

The tower house in Combourg



12:30 Medieval city of Dol de Bretagne on the bay of Mont-Saint-Michelle



Mont Dol

This hill above Dol de Bretagne has an amazing view of the country side and bay.

That's Mont St. Michelle in the distance in the Bay  (We visited this on another trip with T)



Restored working windmill on Mont Dol.  These windmills were once common in the Brittany landscape. The abundance of rivers and streams meant that more reliable water mills were more frequently used.  But the windmills filled in the areas without falling water.
Cool


3:00 Antran  Medieval Town.  Note that many of the houses have shops below and lodging above.  This was common in the middle ages. And, of course still is in many places.

House from the 1400s




Chateau de Bonnefontain


8:30 Back to Dinan  Excellent dinner but had to sit outside.  Nearly froze to death.  

"Americans must sit outside in the cold..."  (JK)




Not sure what this was actually...  but it was really good.  Oh yes...thymus.  (D had steak)

Scene from our restaurant





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