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French Impressions - Brittany (Travel Fusion)

French Impressions - Brittany (Travel Fusion)

by George East (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $4.73
Synopsis

French Impressions-Brittany is a truly innovative travel book. To research and write it, George spent a year in a hamlet half way up what counts as a mountain in Brittany. While attempting to fit in with the Breton-speaking community and their sometimes funny little ways, George toured the region in search of unusual places and people - and to discover how and why Brittany is so different from the rest of France. A new sort of travel book about the most popular destination in France for Britons. The author has proven appeal, unique style and often quirky 'take' on people, places and Life. More than a hundred towns and tourist attractions reviewed, the history and culture of Brittany explored, dozens of traditional Breton food and drink recipes and masses of information on holidaying, visiting or moving to live in Brittany. Millions of Britons visit Brittany every year. Many dream of moving to and starting a new life and perhaps business in this fascinating region. French Impressions - Brittany not only explores the region, but its history, culture and appeal. It is the first in a series about different areas of France, and the first of its type. Whatever you want from it and whichever way you look at it, this is Brittany in a book -

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 296
 Publisher: La Puce Publications
Published: 01 Jun 2010
ISBN 10: 0952363593
ISBN 13: 9780952363590

Media Reviews
For the past two years (well, nearly three) George Easts quest has been to write a book about Brittany, buy the perfect home and finally learn to speak the French properly. Well, George and his wife are still seeking that dream property, and the language-learning may still be a sore point. But after an epic 25,000 miles, more than 200 Breton towns and honing more than 120,000 words on the subject, French Impressions - Brittany is now published. Those who have come to love George's Home Thoughts from Abroad column in French Property News will not be disappointed by the 'Brittany in a book'. He has that happy knack of conveying genuine insight into a region, fascinating facts and the sense of adventure and discovery that's so importsant in all good travel writing. But it's all written in a way that is laugh-out-loud funny. He reviews more than a hundred Breton towns and shares dozens of regional recipes; the classics as well as some more intriguing and esoteric dishes that he has discovered - cider apple and blackberry atomic chutney anyone? Whats more, there are handy sections at the back with useful online contacts and a whistle-stop tour of beautiful Breton towns and villages that George visited on his travels. There's information and inspiration aplenty in this book, and above all, it's a thoroughly entertaining read. FPN
Author Bio
If anyone should know his onions about France and the French, it's George East. His eight books and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles and TV and radio programmes on our nearest continental neighbours and their intriguing country have been enjoyed by millions. Now George has created a new type of travel book. For the first of a series exploring the regions of France, our hero took the advice of revered travel writer Louis Theroux and lived where he wrote about. The result is totally unlike any other sort of travel book.