A little more of Nantes

We walked around the city some more Saturday night and I admired all the Christmas lights.

 

The Christmas market was packed.

That night we had dinner in a quirky little restaurant. I had salmon tartare with avocado which was yummy. Our dessert menus came presented in classic French novels. I got Manon Lescaut- read it in undergrad and grad school :)

Then for dessert. It was so, so good. I had heard a lot about this traditional Breton butter cake dessert called Kouign Amann so I had to get it when I saw it on the menu. And the salted caramel sauce drizzled on top... Delicious.

View from our hotel on Sunday morning, three churches standing tall above the rest.

Passage Pommeraye, below, is a historic three story mall built in 1841 that is decked out for Christmas.

 

Place Graslin with the famous brasserie La Cigale, possibly the most beautiful in the world. It is pretty! Can't speak for the food however, we were too early for lunch and too late for breakfast.

Here's a view of one of the Christmas markets from a restaurant where we had a coffee Sunday morning.

La Loire.

We went to Les Machines de l'île which is a place where inventors create things inspired by Jules Verne and Leonardo da Vinci. There's a mechanical elephant that walks around and which you can ride. The little kid next to me is like wowww :)

These metal "branches" below are the beginning of a big project that eventually will be three times the size of the elephant above and will include a cafe.

Here is a model of the future creation.

Dan and Dave got to watch some bird creature fly around from these cool seats.

 

Sunday in Nantes also marked my first time eating chestnuts roasted on an open fire, which we bought at this stand. A very fun weekend... J'aime Nantes!

 

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