The road North to Bordeaux was supposed to be a simple hop. I must admit I had tinkered with the GPS settings and mucked up the 'shortest distance' vs 'fastest time' part of Renee's brain.After our cross country exploits we had decided to take it easy up the west coast and stick to the motorways. This went well at first but then we started to head out towards La Rochelle. This was ok because we were still on motorway but then we ended up on a blacktop road going straight through some really flat countryside. It was all very picturesque but a little bit bizarre!
A little while later and we were back on the motorway. We had a few close shaves and missed turns but finally managed to get around the Nantes Nightmare and after that it was easy straight miles out to Carnac and a great welcome from the staff at the Hotel Celtique.We got there just in time to have a swim in the heated pool followed by an amazing dinner in their restaurant. This included some really tasy and unusual Potimarron Soup. This is made with Pumpkin and served with cream and croutons. It is so rich and tasty, in fact I can still taste it now while I think about it. There seems to be a great heritage of real home cooked food in this part of France.
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