Saint Malo to Brest

Breakfast was in the hotel's elaborately decorated dining room before we caught a taxi to the hire car depot. Our vehicle is a Toyota CH-R hybrid. In France it's left hand drive on the right side of the road, so driving requires full concentration.
We left Saint Malo en route to Brest with the help of the in car GPS. Unfortunately for us the exit we needed to take to head to Brest was closed due to roadworks, so we couldn't exit. The GPS had to re-route us, but insisted on having us turn around and try to exit from the opposite direction, which was also closed by roadworks! Without knowing exactly where we were, or where we were heading, we drove on, ignoring her pleas to exit and turn around. We eventually exited on a narrow road to reset the GPS and this time selected the "route de ecologie" rather that fast or short routes, so found ourselves driving along country lanes through cornfields and tiny villages until we merged with the main road again.

We eventually arrived in Brest and are in a hotel across from a harbour and the yacht club. We went walking along the waterfront, watching kids on stand up paddle boards and kayaks and others on wind surfers and sailboats. They were all happily swimming in the water while the rest of the population was rugged up in jackets and scarves.

The hotel receptionist provided directions on how to catch the bus into town to Liberty Square. From there we walked along the street towards the waterfront and rode the cable car to the other side and back to take in the view.

By then restaurants were opening for dinner so we settled at a window seat for a rose and a light dinner before retracing our path to catch the bus back to the hotel in time for bed! zzzzzzz