I was fortunate enough to eat a lot of home-cooked meals while I was in Brittany, but there are certain things that a food-obsessed girl needs to go out and find when in the region: seafood, cider, and crepes.

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More from Brittany. On Sunday I made a sojourn to the Phare du Petit Minou, a lighthouse on the bay of Brest.

It was another gorgeously sunny day that sent the dappled light crazing over the surface of the sea, but with that bracing, biting wind that I had been looking forward to.

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Brittany was stunning. In my mind, Bretagne was all craggy coast and grey skies and biting wind, and I am assured that this is one side of her. But it seems that she can be a bit bipolar, and I happened to catch her on one of her brighter days.

I spent a few afternoon hours at a panorama viewpoint, enjoying the sun, a bit of blues on the air, making daisy chains. I haven’t had the time to sit and make a crown of flowers for years. When we left, I gave the circlet to a shy little girl who was picnicking with her family.

Music to travel by: Anna Sun [Walk the Moon // Walk the Moon]

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It has been raining every hot-damn day in Paris this week. I can’t tell if I’m making myself feel better or torturing myself by looking at these pictures from La Marana beach during our trip to Corsica.

What I wouldn’t give to be lying on that beach right now. Especially since I acquired an especially blotchy tan due to uneven sunblock application.

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