There is a lot to say about France...and, no - I won't be bothering you with some of mine "fantastic stories" of this country. Here is to say chapeau bas! to one of France's beautiful city - Nantes.
If you are, as we were, planning to visit this vivid city, here are some insights for you with a very best wishes from M&M (Marta Karaś and Mariusz Andreasik) with a small request - please, send our greetings to Nantes ;)
Mario with his beloved croissant
As Mariusz (Mario) is always surprsing me with a sudden trip to a place we have never been before, this time wasn't odd. How easy is that? - just buy tickets online, reserve a hotel with a small help of
Lonely Planet website and off you go!
A must-have item in Nantes!For us it was a wonderful, romantic trip full of walking and sight-seeing. This city is definiately worth it, because of its historic buildings, small narrow streets full of bars,
creperies, to mention but a few.
Autumn in Nantes is so lovely!
If ou are an amateur of admiring the city while using your own feet instead of public transport, there is a tip for you - find a hostel in the city centre...and here is a nice surprise - it's not so expensive. Drop me an email if you need more details ;)
Here is how we spent that intense, but very enjoyable weekend:
Day 1 (Saturday)A nice little show of a (student) band playing wind-instruments in the Place Royal has definiately a power to turn you from being a tourist to feel familiarly in Nantes...
Every way good to make money - but those guys where amazing!Nantes has welcomed us with some its most beautiful monuments. Passage Pommeraye packed with fantastic local shops, as well a the Theatre Grasil, on the other hand, help you to discover the rich history of this eautiful city.
in the Passage Pommeraye shopping is a pure luxury
But there was no chnage we could only stick to the uildings and monuments. As France is famous for its fantastic uniques cuisine, we simply needed to try some of those specialities. Local
chocolateries are there for you to choose from tousands of types of French finest chocolate and galletas (biscuits and cookies).
Please, leave me there! ;)
Bulangeries and patiseries, on the other hand, offer great, warm and fresh bread and famous
croissants. Mmmmm, if I could choose where I want to spend my day, I have tousands of ideas but would definiately start it in France, where the best baguettes and breads are!
Day 2 (Sunday)Mario and I went for a lovely walk along the streets of Nantes and had a chance to get to know its long history.
Not bad at all - The Theatre
The best place to do it is to visit the famous
Castle of the Dukes of Brittany, which is just in the city centre and then to discover a monumental
St. Pierre's Cathedral of Nantes, that has been built for 'only' 400 years!
reminds me of Paris...
Perfection in every detail...after 400 years
Mario in a search of Autumn's remarks...
...he is in it but not alone...
bad girl!
Our exploration of Nantes has lead us to the old factory of
LU biscuits, that has now being redesigned as a luxury bars, restaurants and SPA destination.
Mario and LU Tower - no cookies - sorry, folks!
The next stop was a house-museum o Jules Verne,a famous writer of many scince-ficton books. A long walk to get to the museum has payed off - the place gives you a bit of Verne's story of life and an overview of his creative activity in a light, easy-to-consume way.
Day 3 (Monday)Since the famous Museum of Machines was closed - 'surprise, surprise' - on Monday ;) we only had a quick view on the massive
Elephant, that 'lives' on the Island of Nantes. It's really enourmous and what's better - you can have a nice ride on it... just don't do the same mistake we did and do check the opening hours and dates :)
which one is the mechanic one? ;)
me in a circle of life
tell me, what you see?
Since my beloved football fan, Mario wanted to discover the stadium of FC Nantes, we also went there (just 14 stops by tram) ;) Then, the visit to the local Jardin du Plantes, became a 'cherry on this cake' we were having that day.
one big football fan and one small stadium
Go, FC Nantes!
peaceful in the park
M&M in the Jardin Botanico
hello!***
Overall, that way fantastic idea to leave Manchester for a weekend and explore this friendly city with fantastic monumnets, building and restaurants! Higly recommended for a weekend break awy the city.
us... :)Pictures from series: who's food is it anyway? ;)
in the Taverne du Chateau: finger-licking duck!
hell of a crepes with an oranges
in famous La Cigal where you are pampered by the food and the interiors
mozaic ceilling and walls in La Cigal
mmm...pure joy
Stuffed - in the Amour du Pomme du Terre (Love to the Potato)
Mario with his beloved croissant
A must-have item in Nantes!
Autumn in Nantes is so lovely!
Every way good to make money - but those guys where amazing!
in the Passage Pommeraye shopping is a pure luxury
Please, leave me there! ;)
Not bad at all - The Theatre
reminds me of Paris...
Perfection in every detail...after 400 years
Mario in a search of Autumn's remarks...
...he is in it but not alone...
bad girl!
Mario and LU Tower - no cookies - sorry, folks!
which one is the mechanic one? ;)
me in a circle of life
tell me, what you see?
one big football fan and one small stadium
Go, FC Nantes!
peaceful in the park
M&M in the Jardin Botanico
hello!
us... :)
in the Taverne du Chateau: finger-licking duck!
hell of a crepes with an oranges
in famous La Cigal where you are pampered by the food and the interiors
mozaic ceilling and walls in La Cigal
mmm...pure joy
Stuffed - in the Amour du Pomme du Terre (Love to the Potato)
