January 2014 The trip to Kenya was planned for September. We were deep into researching our future route! For once, I agreed to leave my magnificent region. But then, in the middle of a Manau song (cliché #1), she announces she’s got a bun in the oven. Before she could explain what that expression meant, I asked what kind of candy it was... We canceled the trip because the due date was set for September! Though, I could’ve gone alone. What’s that, my love? You say no? But... there’s no but? Alright, my love! Yes, yes, I’m drinking my herbal tea and going to bed!
April 2015 The trip still wasn’t happening this year either. I preferred to spend my savings on my son, whom I’ll call Mister M! One day, while she’s listening to Celkilt (cliché #2) and drinking Breizh Cola (cliché #3) in front of Breizh TV (cliché #4), she gets a phone call. Her family in Brittany invites us because they want to see Mister M. What joy... I loooooove my in-laws... No, I’m kidding. They’re nice. Yes, yes. Stop teasing me. Okay, fine, it annoys me even though I’m excited to discover the region. The only time I went there, I was 3 years old (in Brittany, not with my in-laws), and it rained a lot (cliché num... nooooo, my dad told me that, it’s not a cliché!). My wife, though, is thrilled to go "home" and show me around. Hmm... We’ll see at the end of the month... I’ve got 15 days of peace left.
Day 1 It’s the big departure. The two cats are at the kennel, the little one is ready, but the wife isn’t yet (I hate whoever invented makeup). The Punto is packed to the brim—one more handbag and it’ll explode. Here we go, off on the open road. We’ll stop in Carnac because with a kid, the drive is long, and my luck is that I’ll see my family before the big dive into the in-laws’ place. The one I’ll call Uncle Racist is on vacation in Carnac with his wife, Auntie PSG! So let’s make a stop there and take the chance to visit, even if my wife thinks the alignments are just "piles of stones." She’ll change her mind. In the meantime, I tease her by asking, when I see a sign, if Nantes is in Brittany. I nearly ended up in the eternal box from the sheer aggression. I’m not getting into that debate. Only my Burgundy interests me.
But we chat, we chat, and here’s Carnac. Uncle Racist welcomes us. It’s late, Mister M has already eaten and gone to bed. For us, it’s a good beef bourguignon (let’s be chauvinistic!) prepared by Auntie PSG. A football evening (my wife is delighted), and it’s time to hit the hay and dream of... Dijon. Really, what a beautiful region!

Just one photo for now, but the rest is coming for Day 2. Yeahhhh, I don’t take photos while driving, come on.







1 : fougère et colza
2 : piéride sur colza
3 : cétoine sur colza
4 : trèfle cultivé, de jachère ou de fourrage
5 : pin de Douglas sur les hauteurs de la Laïta
6 : fougère à la lisière d'un bois
7 : la Laïta (fleuve)
8 : jacinthes sauvages sous un jeune châtaigner
9 : détail sur jacinthe sauvage
10 : fougère et jacinthes
11 : araignée (Thiridiidae) ayant élu domicile dans une station de jacinthes sauvages
12 : arum et gaillet dans le sous-bois humide
Moments irréels qui désapprennent toutes les certitudes, lieux familiers devenus méconnaissables qui lavent le regard et parfois l'émerveillent lorsque la rue offre des cadeaux inattendus : une minuscule boite rouge en forme de cœur qui détonne sur le trottoir gris. La foule qui ne se pressait pas ne l'avait pas piétinée.
















