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The Elephant House in Edinburgh is one of those places that you instantly like. My first visit there was actually when I had just moved to study in Edinburgh and was looking for a flat. I was supposed to meet with two girls that had rented an apartment right opposite the uni and were looking for 3 more people. As soon as I entered I loved the warm and inviting atmosphere, the staff consisted of young, friendly students and the food was great and pretty cheap too. But the best thing was the old fashioned back room overlooking the Edinburgh castle, which by the way is supposed to have inspired JK Rowling for Hogwarts. She started writing the first book here and since then the lovely place filled with elephant figures and drawings has quickly become a darling among both tourists as well as locals.

By the way doesn’t it look nice from outside?

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As I told you in my previous post, I’m from Lille but I grew up in Rennes, in Brittany where my family and some of my friends still live. So, when I fancy a ‘French break’, I go to Brittany for a few days in order to ‘recharge my batteries’ as they say. Literally, it means that I spend my time (and my money) shopping and having coffees and other drinks. There’s one place that I always go back to every time I’m in Rennes: l’Atelier de l’Artiste. It’s a nice café located in the centre of Rennes and basically it’s mine and my friends headquarters.

If you looked at it from the outside, you would probably wonder why I’ve recommended this place to you because it seems quite ordinary but, in fact, the nice stuff is hidden at the bottom of the café: there’s a nice patio opened in the summer as well as in the winter with big parasols (that also can be used as umbrellas sometimes), in a bohemian trendy decor with a fountain and some strange pieces of art work.

If you ever travel through Rennes, come and check, maybe I will be there…

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