Saturday 9/1

We extended our planned stay in Carnac to visit Belle Ile, and island about an hour off the coast. To do that we bought tickets for the ferry and a bus tour at the tourist office in Carnac, where we were surpsied to find that the 9 a.m. ferry was sold out and we would have to wait for the 11. So in an excess of caution we stopped at the bakery and got baguette sandwiches with ham and butter, and bought some apples. Saturday morning bright and almost early we drove the half hour to the next peninsula to catch the ferry.

Once at Belle Ile we immediately found our bus, and off we went to the northern town of Sauzon, where we were let out of the bus for a two-hour lunch break. It was a charming town, and we enjoyed sitting on the seawall eating our sandwiches while the other tourists looked for places to eat.

The real draw of Belle Ile for the day-tripper is the magnificent views of the rocky coast. For people who spend more time, the island is virtually flat, so it makes for excellent hiking and biking. But we took in the views and small bits of island history. In the picture above, you may notice the tiny people at the top of the rocks. Some of those tiny people were climbing up and down the face of the rocks to enter the cave entrance at the left of the picture, and walking all the way through to the other side!