World's smallest sheep

Here’s the real essence of my job here – I’m hired to make all the mistakes that tourists make. So within 3 or 4 days, it’s up to me to try things and fail as much as possible. Mostly it involves me clutching a map and notebook, searching desparately for a street sign, which are not really plentiful around here. But then at least I can write that it takes 15 minutes to get to youth hostel, on an unmarked canal. That's the stuff that's really helpful, isn't it? How to get to the city center from the train station, or knowing if the metro system is at all useful for tourists.

Rennes has an Ecomusee - a museum dedicated to rural life in Bretagne. It's located somewhere out of town, of course, involving as many types of public transportation as possible. Somehow you end up walking on the side of a highway through hay fields, wondering if you've gone in the wrong direction completely. It wasn't bad once we got there- well, ok, it was partially closed. But they had ancient breeds of farm animals, including the smallest breed of sheep known. Everything is closing for summer vacation, a fabulous idea where French people take 3-4 weeks off in the summer.

Finished up Rennes, which didn't turn out to be too bad. The heat is much more managable, and though it's not easy covering a university town in summer when no one is there, I think the chapter will turn out fine.