Friday, August 20, 2004
Le Petit Train de Dinan
Saint Bernard
Tourist day in Dinan for the family. Personal recommendations for the gite guests are much better than a leaflet from the tourist office so we have tried to visit most of the zoos, parcs, beaches, attractions and a fair few resturants. Today it was the turn of Le Petit Train de Dinan. It's about a thirty minute ride from the port by the canal in Dinan, round the old part of the town taking in the Jacobian theatre, the Basilique and Le Jardin Anglais. Enjoyed by all.
In preparation for the new gites I stayed at home and started clearing out the barn of all the old junk left lying around. It's taken me all day and several trips to the dechetterie to get rid of most of the rubbish. For the stuff I wanted to keep it meant cleaning a space in another outbuilding to put it. It's very nice having lots of space and outbuildings but it's easy to never throw anything anyway.
There is still a load of old dead pipework and wiring to be ripped out before the builders arrive at the beginning of October.
My trip to the dechetterie reminded me of our French lessons in England. We were told many times to be able to say, spell and remember our name, address and telephone number in French. You are constantly having to provide you name, address etc. and today at the dechetterie was no exception, Quelle commune, Quel nom, and because it is not a common French surname you need to be able to spell it out, ash ah eegreque say oh icks.
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Le Petit Train de Dinan
