The Bretons have an interesting history, and at times have sought independence from France. Some still speak Breton, a Celtic language related to Welsh and Irish, which makes sense as they largely immigrated from those two places. They are in effect displaced Britons, the Celts in England before the Romans, the Saxons, the Danes, and the Normans. German fortifications are still around in places, I did not see the massive sub pens this trip. Brest was almost destroyed in the war and is not very interesting, we were told, today.