Recent Travels & Unexpected Friendship
The Trip of A Lifetime…
DiAnne & Jay on the ramparts of the walled city of Saint-Malo in Brittany overlooking the English Channel. It is "a historic French port ... with a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures.”
Enjoying the Scene…
(Left) DiAnne & Jay on the ramparts of the Chateau de Dinan in Brittany. It's almost 1,000 years old. The 8,500 foot ramparts still surround the old town.
(Right) DiAnne & Jay in front of the Chartres Cathedral. Built mostly between 1194 and 1220, it was designated a World Heritage Sight by UNESCO IN 1979 which called it a “high point of French Gothic
It all started when…
Jay and DiAnne journeyed last month to Vitre in Brittany, France for old friend Denis de Pentheny O’Kelly’s 70th birthday celebration. It was the impetus for visiting other communes (towns/villages) in Brittany. While having dinner in a restaurant in Dinard, on Brittany’s northwest coast, they met Mel and Sandra from Kent in England. Mel and Jay discovered a shared interest in classic rock which led to Jay telling Mel about his John Lennon book. Shortly after returning home Mel sent this photo captioned “Got it!" Thank you, Mel.
