End of the Festival

Today marks the end of the festival, and there is a concert tonight, which I think might be worth checking out... We have another little gig tonight, at 1800, with Bagad de Lanester. They took great interest in our band, and have been at many of our performances. I'm not too sure what we'll play together, but it should be fun.

The photo above is the web cafe that I've been using. It is a really good set up, and I've seen everything from Doom 3, GTA, Counterstrike and many other games being played... RPG games would be interesting here, since it's all in French...

Yesterday, we watched the pipe band contest. The bagad bands are really getting into it, with a couple of bands heading across to Scotland to compete in grade 2.

After the bands, we headed back to use up the last of the beer tickets. Fortunately the beer was pretty cheap, because we kept going after they ran out. The bar for performers is very close to the cafeteria were we eat, so it was quite convenient to get some food [not sure how I fit it all in]. The boys in the photo [Andy, Lochy, Postie] are enjoying some of the fantastic scenery that is everywhere here.

Throughout the afternoon and evening, we met some interesting people. We had a drink with some highland dancers from Glasgow and some drummers [pictured above] from a bagad band.

For lunch today, I had Les Moules à la Bretonne!!!! It was both huge and delicious. The sauce is described in the menu as Sauce Cremé au Cidre. Again, I was a little stretched with my few French words... here is a translation of how I eventually understood the conversation to go when paying the bill.

Would you like coffee?
No
Would you like anything else?
No
Would you like the bill?
No
[Very puzzled look] Would you like anything else?
No
Would you like the bill?
No
[Bemused look] The bill, note [signs 'the check please' with her hands]
apologises profusely... [leaves a tip]

Next time I come, I'll try and get some common phrases down before hand...

There are plenty of very nice instruments on sale at the festival. I'm quite taken with the very high pitched biniou, but with the luggage restrictions and a uniform to get home, it'll have to wait.