Breton fishermen and Iceland

Today we have been exploring the history of Breton fishermen going to Newfoundland and Iceland in the 19th and early 20th century. 
We started the day in Chapelle de Notre-Dame d'Esperance (Binic-Étables-sur-Mer) and had a nice walk around the harbour in Portrieux (Saint-Quay-Portrieux) and strolled down Venelle des Islandais. 
Next stop was Paimpol, where we had lunch and explored the central part of town. We found the street Rue des Islandais Grundarfjörður (see extra photo) and the old shop, Quincaillerie Coutellerie Jézéquel, where the fishermen would get their equipment before heading to Iceland for many months away from home. 
In the afternoon we drove to Ploubazlanec where we visited the Musée Memoire d'Islande et de Terre-Neuve. We were warmly welcomed by the curators of the museum and even got free access to explore after they heard we were from Iceland. Afterwards we saw the cemetery and the memorial wall (today's photo). 

On our way to tonight's guesthouse we tried Guingamp for dinner, but sadly no luck....very few options and everything closed. 
After check-in at Domaine des Papeteries we tried the little village Belle-Isle-en-Terre and found a small restaurant open where a lovely waitress made our evening a whole lot better! We even had a chat with a group of locals who had learned Swedish and Norwegian and had ties to Iceland, and they were intrigued to meet a few Icelanders in this remote French location.