Rennes, France- Fall Break

After my nice little weekend in Galway with Abby and Elizabeth, I unpacked, repacked, and hopped on a plane to France to visit my friend Connor. Connor and I met last year through Notre Dame's Swing Dance Club and became great friends. It was so nice to finally see someone from home after being away for 6 weeks.

I have never traveled to a country in which I did not know the local language, so flying in the CDG airport and navigating myself from Paris to Rennes over me, to say the least. I was surprised, however, at how much French I did understand and how much my years of Spanish came into play. There were many occasions in which I was talking to a person who did not know English, but could understand some Spanish.

Connor and I went all over Rennes. The city was beautiful and I adored the architecture. Connor describe Brittany (the part of France in which Rennes is located) as the Texas of the country. Everywhere we walked, you could see more Brittany flags than France flags. It was so cool. We went to a Stade Rennes game (one of my 101 goals!) and watched as the home team beat Marseille in the last thirty seconds of extra time! It was great!

The food in Rennes was phenomenal. There's nothing better than a fresh crepe! Rennes is famous for their gillettes, which is a savory crepe. We had a sausage gillette and a ham and cheese gillette while I was in town.

I didn't try to cram too much into my schedule while visiting Connor. It was just great to visit a friend from home and see how he's living in Europe. It was a blast!