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BZH 2017 – Paimpol 2017 – Festival du Chant de Marin

Posted on: September 12, 2018

Sat 12
August
2017

Paimpol Festival du chant de Marin 2017

The Paimpol festival happens every 2 years and is held in the port where thousands of attendees spend the weekend watching international and local musicians across a variety of festival stages, dancing to the many performers along the quays and admiring the myriad boats in attendance and on display (one even serves as a festival stage).

I attended the Saturday of the 2017 edition (themed ‘les routes de l’Orient’) which featured performances by legendary Breton harpist Alan Stivell and fellow local legends Malicorne as well an epic show by SA’s own BCUC, and the last of their European tour – I wrote a detailed review of their performance for Texx and the City, check it out over here.

Here are some photos from Saturday at the festival.

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Tagged alan stivell, barque, bcuc, boat, bretagne, breton, brittany, crowd, europe, eurotrip, evenings, events, favourites, france, gigs & festivals, guitars, harbour, harp, international act, malicorne, memories, music, music festival, outdoors, paimpol, parade, photography, sailing, sea, ship, south african, tall ship, travel, travelogue, water, weekends

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BZH 2017 – Roadtrip through Brittany Day 4

Posted on: September 12, 2018

Sat 12
August
2017

Saint-Brieuc to Paimpol

After visiting the Saturday morning market in the church square in Saint-Brieuc we headed to Paimpol for the music, dancing and boats of the Festival du chant de Marin.

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Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged bretagne, brittany, bzh 2017, europe, eurotrip, events, favourites, flea market, france, history, long street, market, memories, nature, outdoors, paimpol, photography, roadtrip, saint-brieuc, summer, travel, travelogue

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BZH 2017 – Roadtrip through Brittany Day 3

Posted on: September 11, 2018

Fri 11
August
2017

Jugon-les-Lacs to Saint-Brieuc via Dinan

After a restful night in Jugon we detoured east to the picturesque castle town of Dinan before continuing north to our overnight stay in Saint-Brieuc.

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Tagged bretagne, brittany, bzh 2017, castle, dinan, europe, eurotrip, evenings, favourites, france, gothic, history, landscape, medieval, memories, nature, out in the country, outdoors, personal, photography, saint-brieuc, travel, travelogue

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BZH 2017 – Roadtrip through Brittany Day 2

Posted on: September 11, 2018

Thurs 10
August
2017

Rennes to Jugon-les-Lacs

Our first ‘real’ Breton destination (sorry Rennes) was Jugon-les-Lacs, a typically beautiful and charming small town some 70kms outside of Rennes.

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Tagged bretagne, brittany, bzh 2017, europe, evenings, family, favourites, jugon, memories, nature, outdoors, personal, photography, plants & flowers, sky, travel, travelogue, weekends

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BZH 2017 – Roadtrip through Brittany Day 1

Posted on: September 4, 2018

Wed 9
August
2017

Paris (CDG Airport) to Rennes

My mom and I arrived in Paris on South Africa’s Women’s Day, but the flight had been pretty exhausting and Charles de Gaulle is not the most relaxing airport, so we weren’t feeling particularly Girl Power-y until we boarded our train to Rennes and watched the French country side rolling by in the silent comfort of our first class (because it was surprisingly affordable) SNCF seats. I think it was only at that point that my mom started to smile and accept that we were actually doing this and that our epic Breizh journey was underway.