History has taught France the dangers of seeing a dominant religion play a leading role in public policy. Yet it has also left this secular nation with a treasure trove of cathedrals, churches, monasteries, altarpieces [...]
Destination Brittany, travels with Henri, part 5 (end): Henri and I kissed our host good-bye, told her it would be genial to see her again, and vousvoied her one last time regarding her gentillesse before leaving Dinard for the 4½-hour drive back to Paris.
Destination Brittany, travels with Henri, part 4 of 5: Just before the party on Saturday evening another guest arrived at the neighbor’s house where Henri and I were staying. He was a young actor from Paris and he, too, knocked at the door empty-handed except for his overnight bag.
Destination Brittany, travels with Henri, part 3 of 5: My brother Jon would have loved Dinard. He liked anything with the word resort in it: beach resort, ski resort, island resort, tennis resort. Wearing “smart casual” or “resort casual” came natural to him. After he died in a plane accident in 2006 my three other brothers and I inherited his clothes.
Destination Brittany, travels with Henri, part 2 of 5: On our way from Paris to Brittany Henri and I had talked a lot about what we should bring as a house gift for our hostess. We’d considered chocolates, Champagne, or flowers as a house gift, finally deciding on flowers, but we arrived too late to buy them so we greeted her empty handed.
Destination Brittany, travels with Henri, Part I: Henri and I had never taken a road trip together, so we had no way of knowing how compatible we would be in deciding which towns and sights to visit along the way and where to stop for lunch or coffee or even a pee.
