Thanks to the Gulf Stream, the weather in Brittany is very mild. In Roscoff and Ile de Batz, there are even open air botanical gardens with plenty of exotic plants, cactuses, etc. People also have plenty of palm trees all over. I have lived in Brittany (Plouescat) since September. read more
A further tidbit about the French annexation of Brittany was that Charles VIII and Anne de Bretagne never had any children who survived infancy, and when Charles VIII died in 1498, the crown, but not the duchy of Brittany, passed to Louis XII. read more