Festival de Cornouaille

The Festival de Cornouaille in Quimper has been a non-stop party in the streets. Celtic song and dance everywhere. There's about five venues all around the downtown. One was free so we spent most of our time there.

We also climbed the trails of a hill with great views overlooking the old city. [skys that eve]

The dollar is so strong here that if you want to treat yourself to an expensive meal it's still relatively cheap. One dollar is roughly 7.5 Francs and a top of the menu meal is about 50-75 Francs.

We decided to get a few entrees since they looked so good and were so cheap. We had a bucket of steamed mussels, twice baked potatoes, couscous with fish in a red sauce, and, of course, wine and french bread.

Kirsten had heard of the headlining band, Capercaillie [awesome violin and electric bagpipes], who were playing on the main stage that night. Not wanting to pay 110FF to get in, we went to a local bar. Board of the bad live music that was playing we headed to the Capercallie show where the opening band was just finishing. We talked in broken french to the couple garding the barrier about who was playing, where we were from and the such.... When they opened the barrier to let in a few official persons, Kirsten acted as if she was sneaing in. To our surprise, after a quick word with each other, they let us in and escorted us to the front row.

I'm not way into celtic music, but live music is always awesome because of the crowd and because you can see the musicians' expressions. The eight person band put on a great show and the lead singer could do amaizing things with her voice.

After stopping for a coffee, we made it back to the campsite around 2am.

Wide awake now, I don't think that I've gotten used t the time difference.

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