Nantes was a city I hadn't really heard of until a family friend suggested I visit it on my three months in France. After a quick google search I realised it was where Jueles Verne grew up, and among other things is a very interesting town.
On the West Coast of France, this town is bustling and filed with all sorts of strange artistic endeavours. They also play host to a rather lively music festival that filled the streets with every genre imaginable. It really is a city for the young and creative.
One of the major tourist attractions is the Les Machines de l'ile, which hosts a vast array of mechanical beings created from the works of both Leonardo De Vinci and Jueles Verne (the elephant above being the major event) -- I intend to do a separate post on this so you'll just have to hold out for more details, was a crazy place and deserves its own title!
One of my personal favourite things about this city is the bar Le Nid situated on the top floor of La Tour Bretagne pictured. The bar translates in english to "The Nest" Which is why it hosts a massive goose, whose long neck twists around the entirety of the venue, with the bar living in its stomach. You sit on little egg chairs and use little egg tables and if you look outside at the view of the city (which is in no lesser words spectacular) you see cracked eggs on the top of some of the buildings -- just to pull the whole theme together.
Like many other French cities, Nantes is filled with life, delicious food and creatives -- it's one of those less "cliche'd" places to visit, will not be a disappointment. So grab a coffee and sit on an egg next time your visiting this crazy crazy city.
On the West Coast of France, this town is bustling and filed with all sorts of strange artistic endeavours. They also play host to a rather lively music festival that filled the streets with every genre imaginable. It really is a city for the young and creative.
One of the major tourist attractions is the Les Machines de l'ile, which hosts a vast array of mechanical beings created from the works of both Leonardo De Vinci and Jueles Verne (the elephant above being the major event) -- I intend to do a separate post on this so you'll just have to hold out for more details, was a crazy place and deserves its own title!
One of my personal favourite things about this city is the bar Le Nid situated on the top floor of La Tour Bretagne pictured. The bar translates in english to "The Nest" Which is why it hosts a massive goose, whose long neck twists around the entirety of the venue, with the bar living in its stomach. You sit on little egg chairs and use little egg tables and if you look outside at the view of the city (which is in no lesser words spectacular) you see cracked eggs on the top of some of the buildings -- just to pull the whole theme together.
Like many other French cities, Nantes is filled with life, delicious food and creatives -- it's one of those less "cliche'd" places to visit, will not be a disappointment. So grab a coffee and sit on an egg next time your visiting this crazy crazy city.
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