Take one Canadian girl in les Alpes.
Add the ups & downs of living in France.
Cover with melted cheese...
Et voilà !

Friday, August 19, 2011

Brittany: Saint Michel Chef-Chef

Ready to head to Brittany?
On y va!

If you've been reading this blog for a little while,
because we had signed up to a home exchange site, Trocmaison.

Well, shortly after creating our profile, we lucked out 
& quickly agreed to exchange our apartment in Annecy
for the beach house belonging to a couple of teachers
on France's Atlantic coast.

I'll be honest: at first, I figured that the best part of the exchange
would surely be the incredibly catchy name 
of the seaside village we'd be in:
Saint Michel Chef-Chef.
C'est impossible to tire of saying that name.  
Just try!
Keep saying it!
Another dozen times!
See?

welcome to town

But once we arrived, 
I saw that our little beach-side abode was small, comfy & charming.
home sweet home exchange

living room/dining room/kitchen all in one!



But the best part? 
In less than five minutes, we could walk to this:


And see this:


And beach-comb to our hearts' delight like this:
And gaze upon this:



As you can tell from the photos, it wasn't always sunny & warm.
In fact, most days we wore our windbreakers & hiking boots
& we got rained on quite often.

But you know what?
That's Brittany & I'm a West Coast girl.
It was just so wonderful to be so close to the ocean again.

No reason to be crabby about the weather!

3 comments:

  1. It looks stunning whatever the weather Em! Not so sure of those crabs though - you are very brave, I don't I would have dared pick one up!
    Wishing you a wonderful weekend tucked up back at home. xx

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  2. Tes photos de vacances sont superbes ! :) Ah la belle plage ...

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  3. It is so beautiful. Love the boardwalk down to the beach...

    There's nothing like the smell of the salty air, is there?

    Cute little place you stayed, too!
    xo

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