After a leisurely morning, we headed to visit Mont St. Michel. This is the town/chateau/church that was built in a very strategic location: an island at high tide and a peninsula at low tide. No one could ever hope to successfully attack it. Now, it is probably the most popular tourist attraction in France outside of Paris.
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| Mont St. Michel from a Distance |
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| Close Up |
Even in low season it was busy with visitors. But we had fun. Expect to get muddy if you come to visit, since every high tide brings an influx of mud to the base of the mount. We had lunch on a rock wall and Ivy took a nap:
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| Another Picture from Mont St. Michel |
We returned to Saint Malo and had a walk on the beach. At high tide, the waves come all the way up to the cliff and you cannot walk on the beach. But when the tide recedes, it exposes 200 yards or more of beach and leaves many tide pools among the rocks.
In the evening, we went to the nearby town of Dinan. This is the town where Ford stayed for 8 days when he went to France with his class in April. He proudly showed us around.
Indeed, he was able to lead us right to the front door of the French family with whom he resided while he was visiting in April. They had been nice enough to invite us for dinner.
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| Front Door of Ford's French Family's House |
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| Ford's French Family in Dinan: Mr. et Mdm. Martin, Brieuc et Theothime |
Dinner was a brief affair; only four hours long (roughly eight courses served at half-hour intervals). It was nice. It required much concentration from Ed to follow the gist of the conversation. Averil's French is seemingly effortless at this point in time.
We did not leave until after 11:00 p.m. for the return drive to St. Malo.
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