June 2025
We got here by bus from Vannes. Transport in the region is "interesting." Let's start with the fact that the transfer from TGV to bus lasts about two hours. There's nowhere to leave luggage at the station (google the word "vigipirate" and be surprised how similar we are to the French in terms of idiocy). You can leave it at the hotel right by the station for 5 euros. Like everywhere in France, if you can do smalltalk in French, people will treat you better than anywhere else in the world, so 5 euros even for 2 bags.
A bit about the bus. By car from Vannes to Damgan it's about 15-20 minutes. By bus - 70 minutes. What's the catch? The bus goes through all the villages and makes a couple of loops. Price - 2.5 euros per ticket, literally nobody uses the transport. Everyone has cars.
I don't want to say how much the TGV costs, so as not to scare fragile minds.
After an hour we're almost at the ocean
The sea is, of course, the central theme of the region
A buoy that arrived from Canada (according to locals)
Market. Works once a week, in summer 2 times a week. On other days the city dies out
Turns out, there's a crepe, and there's a galette. You have to see with your own eyes how much for the French brain these are two different things
A childhood moment in Damgan. The bakery has two lines. In one only bread, in the other - both bread and desserts. If you stand in the first, IT'S WRITTEN IN BIG RED LETTERS THAT DESSERTS ARE NOT ALLOWED
A word you need to remember in Brittany - kouign amann. Other Breton words aren't used
The wind in the city is serious, almost doesn't change direction. Many trees grow like this because of it
Basically that's it, further - only meditative pictures by the sea
Stones covered with shells
Each of them has its own name, and locals don't mix them up
Something cosmic
You can stick posters, but non-commercial. One day someone stuck election campaign ads. Saw a French woman who came up and tore that shit down. French women are a special breed
Also in the city there are randomly located power outlets everywhere, the meaning isn't clear yet
Liked the passive-aggressive sign
A French tradition that nobody knows about: every hairdresser must come up with some word play. Here the attempt failed
Water eats away the land, need to cover with stones
Lately I've been thinking about climate change
It's hard to tell from these photos what specifically the changes are, but one day I'll write about it
Perfect place to walk and rest from the city. Tour des Anglais, you can climb the tower if someone pushes your ass
Success
Perfect for writing books here
And examining shells (each of which has a separate name and locals will be surprised at your incomprehension of how you could possibly confuse them)
