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Carnac, Vannes, And Menhirs
Written by Zhu on March 25, 2008 – 9:20 am20 Comments | 180 Read this
Mysterious Carnac, on the coast, and Vannes… our last stops.
Walking in the middle of nowhere, we saw old stones everywhere.
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We also stopped in Vannes, on the way back to Nantes.
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Back to Canada this Thursday… Anyone to help us shovel one month’s worth of snow in front of the house?
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What a magical set of photographs.…. you have really managed to capture the emotions of the stones. I particularly love the photo taken of the stones from grass level. I am glad that you had such a wonderful time.
Warm wishes ~ Graham xx
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@Larry Gambone — It rained most of the time we were there too… Brittany! Pretty fascinating place, isn’t it?
@Art — I think the UK one is on top of my list now as well.
@sir jorge — From what I know, you already know the world quite well… at least for N. America!
@Linguist-in-Waiting — I just got back tonight and although the driveway is cleared (my in-laws…) I can’t believe how high the snow pile has gotten. Crazy! These stones are… pretty much a mystery. But definitely not tombstone as far as we know.
@zunnur — Thanks for the tag, something fun to do soon! Igloo… but I already live in one, remember?
@Ghosty — Oh man, you’re too hard on me! The place is actually anything but creepy… pretty mysterious though.
@durano lawayan — I just got back and the trip was definitely faster than last time!
Still a good day of traveling though.
@johnada — That’s a mystery! The stones were put there roughly 2 000 B.C (!!) and people assume they were brought there for some ceremony. How people got them there before the invention of the wheel is a big question though.
@RennyBA — We had over 5 meters of snow in Canada! Crazy, isn’t it? I just read your last post quick… lucky guy, keep on receiving stuffs from the world
Thanks for the link luv, web lover!
@shionge — I knew YOU would help!
@Aiglee — Thanks! Hey, Europe is pretty close to us actually… well worth a trip in the future!
@Anthony Johnson — No problem, I’ll be in touch with you by email. Since I’m back you will hear from me soon!
@ammaro — I’m indeed a bit depressed.…
@Max Coutinho — Magical is the word! It’s a fascinating place… I had never had a chance to see it before! Gotta go shovel now
@Ineke — I didn’t do anything!
It didn’t snow in Brittany, thanks God!
@Graham — Thank you! I’ll definitely go see Stonehenge in the UK in the future, loved the feeling of the place. I was inspired by your pictures let’s say
I would help you with the shoveling but my back is a bit off these days… How was that for a lazy man’s excuse now?
Non-convincing you say eh? Oh well, I tried to break the bad news to you in the most uneventful way possible and you still wouldn’t have it anyway…
Oh well there is no pleasing some people it seems:).
Beautiful pictures as always and keep up the good fight against the snow!
Adios!
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Heh, menhirs remind me of the Asterix comics I read when I was younger (much younger!)…
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