Abbaye du Mont Saint Michel Le Mont-St-Michel

Today we set out early in the morning to see the Abbaye du Mont Saint Michel ("the Mont"). We travelled to the Mont by bus along with a million other tourists and a screaming child.

The Mont is fairly self explanatory. It's an extremely old abbey built on an island that is periodically surrounded by sea water. It's quite spectacular to see …

Igyekeztünk aránylag hamar elindulni, hogy odaérjünk a Mont-Saint-Michel apátságba a turistaáradat előtt. Az idő úgy tűnt, hogy nem igazán akart együttműködni: alacsony, zárt felhőzet és néhol szemerkélő eső kísérte utunkat. Amikor odaértünk, akkor épp nem esett, de továbbra is borult volt az ég. A rengeteg …

Left Bayeux at 8:00 for Mont Saint-Michel. Had to Route back through Caen (Another French city with no proper street signs). After missing several turns multiple times Chantal was stripped of her job as navigator. Regained our bearings after arriving in Carpiquet, a town which we'd never heard of or planned on visiting. We soon arrived at Mont …

Well I have decided to keep up this blog, either publish weekly or probably more realistically a monthly. About my life here, living and working at this Chateau in Northern France. From what has and is already happening here its going to be an interesting few months....There has been all sorts of things happening from the moment I arrived. I got …

Normandy

I think North Americans often have a great fascination with World War 2. Dozens of Movies, video games, board games, books and tv shows have been made on the subject and there seems to always be an appetite for more.



I'm no exception. I grew up playing video games based on the war all the time. I’ve …

Jauns was up early this morning. Showered and brekky by 8 and off on foot to the TGV station to collect our car for the next five days. Hats off to Euroupcar as we found we had made a blue with the car on this leg and this meant missing out on our Loire valley drive on Saturday. For a mere forty euros we now have the car until we jump on the TGV in …

Tuesday night we arrived in Mont-St-Michel, the home of the famous abbey built on an island that is only accessible at low tide. It was built to honor St. Michael, starting in the 700's AD and growing over time, including the expansion of the abbey through the centuries and the addition of the town that surrounds it within the rampart walls. It …

Looks like I'm a bit tardy reporting on my trip to Normandy with Sarah and Katie during a long weekend in late October--oops! Guess I'm picking up on the Spaniard's notorious habit for being late...

We picked a parfait weekend to tour the French countryside. In the absence of deciduous foliage in Spain, I was glad to get my autumn fix from …

Got up and left the substitute hotel but they did have great fresh ground coffee. Drove a little ways along the coast towards St. Malo but turned around because of time and the weather. Arrived at Mont St. Michel in light rain and wind but just after arriving on the island the rain disappeared and the sun broke through enough to make a great day. …

On Monday morning, the Hogwarts staircase tricked us again, as despite multiple trips up and down (I swear the floors were really changing each time), we could never find where the breakfast was being served. We finally gave up and made a break for freedom when the ground floor materialized. Out on the lone street, we found a cafe and ordered the …

... lunch: baguette, camembert cheese, noix de boeuf, apples, Normandy cookies and juice. At the island's summit is the Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel. We especially recommend the audio guide, as there are no posted signs. The abbey dates back to 708, but ...