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Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

AT#713 - Travel to Brittany France (Repeat)

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hear about things to do when you travel to the Brittany region of France as the Amateur Traveler talks to Kristin Montgomery from GrowingGlobalCitizens.com about this less-touristed corner of the country. Kristin says, “Brittany is located in northwestern France. It used to be a Duchy but in the 1500s it was incorporated as part of France, basically taken over against their will so there is still a very strong regional identity. There are some people who still identify as being Breton before they’re French. Brittany is a place that is not usually on a lot of traveler’s lists. If you are going to head to France you think of Paris. You think of southern France, Province, or Nice, but there are a lot of really great things to see in Brittany.” “There are beautiful beaches first of all and they’re sand beaches unlike the rocky beaches you find down south. If you are traveling with family it is a great place to visit because it is a little less touristy, less crowded. There are more things to do that are in small towns out in the country. It has this Celtic identity that really is not found in any other place in France. You are going to be hearing things like bagpipes. You are going to be seeing traditional dancing, even some of the Breton language. I found that people here were very very friendly which is something that in other parts of France, and I think of Paris, they don’t have a reputation for being very friendly. If you are someone who is into history or likes myths and legends, Brittany has a lot of that too.” ... https://amateurtraveler.com/things-to-do-in-brittany-france/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Chris, and this is a repeat episode of Amateur Traveler, and the reason for that is this is coming out while I'm with some of you in Morocco, in Northern Morocco on the 2024 Amateur Travel traveler annual trip.

0:15.0

So I hope you enjoy this episode from the archives. My bags packed on a roll. I'm heading out there and I'm ready to go.

0:25.0

Looking real good in my passport photo.

0:29.0

Amateur Traveler episode 713.

0:33.0

Today the Amateur Traveler talks about walled towns

0:36.0

and standing stones, beaches and folk festivals,

0:40.2

pirates and youboats as we go to Brittany in France.

0:45.0

Welcome to the amateur traveler.

0:51.0

I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about Brittany.

0:58.0

I'd like to welcome to the show Kristen Montgomery from growing Global Citizens.com, who's come to talk to us about the region of France

1:09.3

known as Brittany.

1:10.9

Kristen, welcome to the show.

1:13.0

Thanks, Chris.

1:14.0

And I want to say the duchy of Brittany, but that's really not the term anymore.

1:16.8

So, where-

1:17.8

No, it's definitely part of France officially.

1:20.9

Where are we talking about? So Brittany is located in northwestern France and as you said it used to be a duchy but in the 1500s it was incorporated as part of France

1:32.1

basically taken over against their will.

1:35.0

So there's still a very strong regional identity.

1:39.0

There are some people that still identify as being Breton before they're French.

1:44.4

Excellent.

1:45.4

And why should someone go to Brittany?

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