hidden gem

While my brother was here, we glanced over the list of Brittany "Hidden Gems" for some day trip ideas and decided on les gorges du Corong. For this particular place, there should have been a large emphasis on HIDDEN! After finally finding the forest path, we decided to pop into a nearby village for a bottle of water because they suggested two hours for the hike. The village ended up being a ghost town other than a pseudo Welcome Center where we found someone and asked where we could buy water. On to the next village, at 12:34pm... town supermarche closed until 2:30pm. We hopped into a Tabac which is most comparable to a convenient store (but not exactly) but this one turned out to be more of a bar than a store. After a short conversation about buying a bottle of water, the owner decided to just sell us a liter (yes ONE LITER) bottle for 1euro. She made our DAY! A quick stop at the village water closets and with the most precious bottle of water, we made our way back to the trail. Not until after seeing a woman walking a pet goat...

 Of course more legends of Brittany...

part way through the trail you come across the gorge and have to cross the rocks to get to the other side - the pictures don't even do it justice. Legend says that the first man to inhabit Brittany, Boudédé, was walking along the river and threw the stones that would get caught in his shoes into the gorge and this is how the 'chaos' was created.

Scientists have another (more realistic) theory, but this is more fun!

Seeing this 'chaos' was worth the chaos of the trip!