Walking amidst Celtic Menhirs and Dolmens in St. Just (Brittany, France) with Juilliard Graduate Florence Paget and Savvy Mom Ruth Paget
After participating in the Marian Procession at Rochefort-en-Terre, my daughter Florence and I went to see Celtic menhirs (standing stones) and dolmens (horizontal stones often tombs) outside St. Just, France.
We climbed along the rocky side of a river trying to find
the Celtic site before giving up. We
drove into town to the tourist office just as it was closing.
We received directions to the Celtic site. The tourism agent insisted on staying open another half and hour, so the Americans in the group could read all about the their site in the well-documented exhibit they had up about the discovery and preservation of the site.
We took photos of Florence running through the stones, connecting with her French heritage. The French venerate the past, because they have sites like this unwritten link to their heritage. These Celtic sites also link this part of France to Celtic regions in Great Britain and Northwestern Spain.
Carnac is the most famous Celtic site in France, but there are many others such as this one at St. Just.
By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Click here for: Ruth Paget's Amazon Books
We received directions to the Celtic site. The tourism agent insisted on staying open another half and hour, so the Americans in the group could read all about the their site in the well-documented exhibit they had up about the discovery and preservation of the site.
We took photos of Florence running through the stones, connecting with her French heritage. The French venerate the past, because they have sites like this unwritten link to their heritage. These Celtic sites also link this part of France to Celtic regions in Great Britain and Northwestern Spain.
Carnac is the most famous Celtic site in France, but there are many others such as this one at St. Just.
By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Click here for: Ruth Paget's Amazon Books
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