Nantes is the sixth largest city in France (pop. 290,000), grew up around the confluence of the Erdre and Loire Rivers and now occupies both banks of the Loire and an island between two arms of the river. In the early 18th century, the city became the principal port of western France and a key part of the triangular trade that took manufactured goods to Africa, slaves to the Americas then brought sugar, tobacco and cotton back to Europe.
Today, we put on our tourist hats and visited the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany, the medieval Bouffay district, a gelato shop where we bought and devoured wonderful ice cream 'flowers',
bought postage stamps from a tabac shop when the two post offices we found had moved to other addresses, didn't find a yellow post box where we could post letters, discovered the tunnel we were planning to travel through tomorrow is closed for repairs, visited the local bar for cold refreshments and enjoyed a relaxing, enjoyable day.
le Lieu Unique.....formerly a biscuit factory, now a cultural centre.
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