House between the rocks (Plougrescant, France)

We did our second road trip to Bretagne specifically to see the house.

This house wins the ‘coolest house in the world’ competition hands down. The house is exactly what it says it is, a house between the rocks.

So: [ROCK]house[ROCK].

The house is called Castel Meur, and is off the coast of Plougrescant, Bretagne. It’s a private residence, so you won’t find signposts with little drawings telling you where it is. You just have to peer around every corner and sooner or later you will come across it.

You can actually drive up quite close to the house (a field away), and get a great view. Aim for “Le Site Naturel du Gouffre” on Google Maps.

There is a succinct history of the house on this site. It’s in French, but that’s what google translate is for.

Excuse my picture, my camera battery had died and it was Blackberry to the rescue (no wonder they are going bankrupt).

De Hoge Veluwe National Park (Honderloo, the Netherlands)

The next morning, on the way to Rotterdam, we stopped by de Hoge Veluwe National Park. If you are an outdoors/nature lover, you will love this park.

To quote wikipedia:
It is approximately 55 square kilometers in area, consisting of heathlands, sand dunes, and woodlands. It is situated in the Veluwe, the area of the largest terminal moraine in the Netherlands. Most of the landscape of the park and the Veluwe was created during the last Ice Age.

The park is quite expensive to visit: its €8 per person, and €6 if you want to take a car, which means we spent €22. Of course, if you spend the whole day there, it is totally worth it. But given that we only had 3 hours to spend, was quite steep. The best thing to do when you get to the park is to leave your car outside and take one of the free white bicycles they have at the entrance. The park is quite flat, so very easy to bike or walk around. 

Note: Avoid the restaurant in the centrum.. its overpriced and completely not worth it.