As we wrap up our trip and head back to Paris...to hopefully catch a flight out on Monday... we headed to the northern coast of France and to the very cool destination of St. Malo....
St. Malo is a city that was heavily bombed in WWII and rebuilt. You can see the original walls of the city....but inside it is a place to eat and shop! the tide was out so, yes those are boats with no where to go!
Linda is somewhere in there....
I found her...tasting what she calls a "regional specialty"....always having to try something from the region...in a heavy French accent....she says, "it her duty"!
Ummm...you have a little specialty left in the region of your mouth!
A great shot of a post card....showing a great shot of St. Malo and the area....St. Malo in the distant.
One boat owner having fun...................................
The other sitting in a bar waiting for the tide.....but having fun!
This little guy is making me miss my grand boys... Gigi wants to buy scarves for all 3....Matt and Kyle will love that!
Gigi is going to teach the our Grandsons .... French!
The waters of the English Channel were as turquoise and blue as the Caribbean ....
When the tide is in, you can see how high it gets....or how low it goes....maritime way of looking at the "glass half empty"...
If you are into flowers....this place is like no other....
if you want to catch your dinner....you can do that too!
Gigi wants to live in France for 3-6 months .... I think St. Malo is at the top of her list. I wonder if there is a "craiglist" for St. Malo?
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After St. Malo we headed east along the coast....destination... Mt. St. Michel Abbey! The long history of Mount-Saint Michel dates back to 708...and was added to between the 10th and 14th century. In the Middle Ages people regarded the historic monument as a representation of the heavenly Jerusalem on earth, an image of paradise.
Didn't know there will be cows in heaven...
But Linda will be!!
So here is what is crazy about where they built the Abbey....right in the middle of the sea...see the cars at the bottom of the picture...
As the sign says below.... "Today the sea covers the carpark"...and they give you the time to be back to clear out...or it will be underwater when the tide comes in. All of these cars except on the causeway are exposed!
Taken from the web...
This replica of the statue that sits atop the belfry...has all the attributes of the archangel Michael found in the Book of Revelations....head of the heavenly militia....
Part of the cathedral dating back over 1000 years ago...
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Part of the pleasure is driving into little villages and towns in France. This is where you get to experience the back roads and lifestyles apart from the big cities...
Our last stop before heading to Paris...the little port town of Honfleur...
Another great place to walk around....and eat! and drink!
One of the differences between last years trip and this years is that instead of red wine...we drank allot of beer! Belgian, German...one place had over 300 beers.
Linda's favorite...Picon Beer!
This is kind of the same face she gave me when I told her it was time to go back to Paris and go home....
