Sofie the travelling plant: July 2006

Dinan and its half-timbering houses.

The heart of the city....with its Crêperies.....

Dinan

Lovely little town...

The Remparts Festival!

Me at the festival ...was a little bit dark ... we can't see that much but the procession was indredible!!

Last Week in Bretagne!

My dear Friends,

I am still in Bretagne, I am a little bit too hot...I have to take care of my little orange flower they are dying with this sun ...but! I am glad that I am going to the beach every day ( with my hat , my sun cream and my bottle of water ;-) ) I can refresh my little pot in the sea!!

This week end I went to Dinan , in the Middle Ages Dinan was the third fortified town in Brittany.Its highlighted three-kilometre-long ramparts are still seen today as an exceptional cultural heritage. It is a beautiful city, it is quite small but very cute.
This week end was a special week end for Dinan it was the 17th Remparts Festival it is a medieval festival. All the city, the citizens and the tourists are disguised with some Medieval outfits! Was incredible, I also saw so many performances like some Knights battles ( they were on horses with their huge big very huge armor, It was very very very heavy!and they seemed to fight for real...I was a little bit scared...).
I saw and learn so many different stuff about the Middle Ages ...check the website and look at the pics : http://perso.orange.fr/fete-remparts.dinan/photos2004.html

Last week I had a cool week too, I met 2 polish girls Agnieska and Patricia and 2 americans girls Laura and Corey we had a really cool time together. I went to St Malo with them to the club with the kids ....As I am familiar with these areas I was the guide!!!
I did some boat one more time. And I learn something.....I am going to PAris next week and After I am going to...................GUESS WHAT!!!!....I am going abroad one more time .....but where?!! in another Continent!!
I am going to MALAISIA...I am so excited about it!! :D

My friends I have to start paking!!!I have to much stuffs!!

Talk to you soon

Take care

Sofie

air-balloon

My dear friends,

Surprise!!Tonight I did some balloon!!was awesome and so quiet except when they opened the gate for the gaz!!It was such a surprise....
The pic was taken at the soft landing in a field!
Iam very tired now talk to you later !!

Cézembre

Here a little pic of the coast ...one more I would say...but on the background of this pic you can see the island where I have been to! Cézembre !

A Wakeboard Afternoon....

My dear friends,

I am still enjoying Bretagne...
I did some wakeboard.... my first time on this kind of stuff....was hard for my mittle pot...but so much fun!!
After that I just had a ride by boat we went to a little island we were just alone ...chilling on the beach....perfect!!

Oups I have to go one more time ...I am going to have an ice cream right now with my friends who are waiting for me!!!

Ciao

Sofie :-)

The winner!

Here is my team this Afternoon!!We won!! We were the best we played against " Les Pingouins" et " Les goelands" two other clubs of Dinard .... We are the best!!
So much fun now I am very tired!

Sofie the bunny!

ahahhaahha my funny french friends Victor and Oscar!

Où ça? Où ça? Au Club des Ecureuils !!!!

My dear friends,

I am still enjoying France for the moment....beautiful weather....the crepes are really good...especially the caramel au beurre salé one!

I spent more of my time on the beach with my new friends the kids at the Club des Ecureuils in Dinard. It's a funny club where you play and meet people all the day long! It is just amazing!I am just jumping on the trampolines, do some swings, some slide ....
I have my favourite game now, in french it is called Poule Renard Vipère 'Hen, Viper an fox)! Sounds weird at first...but it is so darn cool!! You have thus three teams you have to eat your friends without being eaten ...the foxes have to cath the hens, the hen have to catch the vipers, the vipers the foxes!! You should see us running and running on the sand everywhere for at least 45 mins!! After that you are so hot that you just run into the sea and play (one more time)!!

I met so many kids there, my french is getting better too, I met some boys and some
girls from England (Brittany is very close from England and especially Jersey and Guernesey two British Islands only one hour by boat from St Malo )but one of my best friend is Venezualian, today I met two really cool girls from San Francisco!

Sunday I went to St Malo, a beautiful old city on the coast, it is like Dubrovnik in smaller, you can also walk on the city walls, there are so many little streets, it is so cute but so crowded...I spent the evening there for the football match Italy VS France. Saint-Malo during the Middle Ages was a fortified island at the mouth of the Rance River Saint-Malo has 50,000 inhabitants, but that number can increase up to 200,000 in the summer tourist season. From St Malo you can see the beach where I spend all my tiring days!!

The beach is in Dinard a really really cute town with a really cool market were you can make so many cool and good deals! In modern history Dinard was first settled by Saint-Malo's shipping merchants who built some of the towns magnificent villas on the cliff tops. In the late 1800's American and British aristocrats made Dinard popular as a fashionable summer resort, and the building of villas and exclusive hotels continued. It has been suggested that Dinard is a "French Brighton".

When I went to St Malo for the football match it was amazing ... they were crazy about the final....they were very stressed.....and they lost!!They were very sad, but they were very surprised about Zidane, they did not understand his gesture toward the Italian player! but never mind as you know for this world cup I was neutral!!I have to much friend around the world to support only a single team!

Oh it is already very late.....have to go!!!

I am still on the beach see you there! Tomorrow we are playing against the other clubs of Dinard...huge contest!!!!

ciao

Sofie

Oupsy....

The French fever!

Check the sky in Bretagne!

St Malo a little Dubrovnik in grey!

Very tiring this job!! ;-)

Sea fun and sun in Bretagne!

Hey there,

I am in Bretagne, very nice region of France. I chill down a little bit....you know travelling is a full part job..;makes me tired!!

I am enjoying the beautiful weather there I am glad it is not as hot as in Italy it is just perfect for me! It is around 28°! but very hot in the sun....

I had my first course of Golf three days ago, was very nice, the golf course was amazing, just along the coast! I was looking more at the sea than at my club and my ball!!

Golf is very tiring actually, I thought it was a sport for the eldery people....not at all.... you need good conditions to play it and lot of skills ! I just don't like the fact that you can not talk while being on the course...I was kind of frustrated because there were so many people! But I had a wonderful time...and my teacher told me that I already have a good swing!

After these little game I went for a swim in the Channel, I was very surprised, I thought the Channel was not beautiful at all and not clean....It is wrong! Check the pic and this beach is not the most beautiful one!You know in Bretagne you have some tides 2 times a day. And that clean the water!Everyday it is a different coefficient, the sea retires for 6 hours and come back....sometimes it withdraws more than 100 meters! Incredible! I am in the North part of Bretagne called « La côte D'Emeraude », the Emerald Coast, it is such a cute name. It is true the sea is the colour of the Emerald....beautiful, it is a little bit cold for me right now only 19 degres but you know it is only the beginning of the summer! And cold water is very good for blood circulation!

Yesterday I went to the club where one of my friend is working, I installed the trampolines, the slides, built up Winny the Pooh's hut! Was very funny, after that I spent more than one hour on the new trampoline was sooooooo funny, some little girls who were there and who are some regular squirrels!Yeah they called them squirrels because it is the Squirrels' Club were there too, they were really good on the trampoline thay could do some amazing incredible jumps, they could also roll in the hair...2 times....can you believe that? It was like a little bird! They taught me how to do a single one...I fell down the first time but the second time was better! I won't say I am a star....but I will be one day...I am pretty sure. It is like in any sport you have to train.

After these wonderful day I went to see the football game with my friend and her best friends. Was incredible it was only French people and they could speak English!!Was amazing...I was so lucky....IT is known that French people don't speak English but in Bretagne it seems to be a little bit different! Maybe because they are very very close from Englang and especially from one hour my ferry from the Channel Island!

Yeah this football match was incredible!France won!!!You should have seen the people in the bars, on the roads....even if I was in a little town it was amazing not as amazing as in Paris on Tuesday...Did I tell you that I was in Paris when France won against Spain?

I went on the Champs Elysées the longest and the famous street in Paris... it was over crowded! People were just crazy and so happy; this world cup makes people happy ...I love it!

Today I went to the beach one more time, ouh I love so much the seaside and I had a ride on a motor boat, a big one this time not like the one in Croatia this one was a 200HP!!Was very fast! You should have seen my little orange flowers....They are such in a mess now! The boat hair style!My four guys friends were very nice but too young to speak English to me ...was kind of frustrated, They are so nice, it was hard to understand eachother! But you know with kids it is not such a big deal to communicate!But I know already some french words! My friend told me that before 7 years old you are able to learn 7 differents languages!Amazing no? I am tryin gto do so!! But I need some help...I just have to travel travel and travel more!!Then do not hesitate to get in touch with me for a new trip somewhere in the world!!

Ohhh time is flying....I am going to me late one more time....

some of my friends are waiting for me...We have to go the beach one more time....I will do some bodyboard!! I am having a sporty week actually!!

I will stay in Bretagne for 15 days, if someone wants to join me....YOU ARE WELCOME!

talk to you later!

Ciao Ciao

Sofie!