Au Jardin des plantes Avranches

Arret d'une heure à St-Malo.<br> <br> Cinq minutes après s'être stationné...il commence à pleuvoir. Mais jusqu'à là, ca allait.<br> Apres un certain temps, je réalise qu'il a un Énorme nuage d'une couleur douteuse qui approche un peu trop rapidement. 30 secondes apres avoir fait le commentaire, gros tonnerre et ca commence à tomber et même à grêler....<br> <br> Fait du séjour à St-Malo...

... la chance de gouter à des moules pour la première fois de ma vie! Ce n&#8217;était pas si mal, je ne sais pas si je suis encore prête à en commander toute seule mais bon, c'est un début. Par contre, je crois que les huitres sont la vraie spécialité du Mont-St-Michel, mais encore là, c&#8217;est un fait à vérifier!<br> Les trippes ca c'est une autre histoire...je n&#8217;ai pas r ...

... the abbey there isn&#8217;t a whole lot to see at Mont St. Michel, it&#8217;s very touristy. We really lucked out with the weather this past weekend, it rained a little when we were walking around, but it definitely poured when we were driving. Someone was watching out for us. 

Moules, Moules, Moules eveywhere. As we drove towards our next desination the road was littered with stalls of mussels and oysters, infact this region produces 4,000 tonnes of oysters annually...guess what is on the menu for lunch! 1kg mussels and 1/2 dozen oysters for the princely sum of 6 Euro. Can't say we are missing ...

Taking the direct route for a change we drove onto Le Mont Saint Michel where had decided to stay for the night. We arrived just before sunset and secured a park at the start of the causeway in direct view of the Mont. I went out to take some photos in the last of the light while Kim prepared some nibbles and popped open a bottle of rose. Together we watched the sun go down and was rewarded by a be pretty red/pink sunset.<br> After dinner we went for a walk ...

<br>We arrived in St Malo at 8am Sunday morning, and waited in the departure lounge for about 3 hours untill aymericks friend eddy turned up.<br>Playing out guitars in an empty terminal, hungover, eddy finally arrived and we drove down in his make shift old banger of a mobile home van. Eddys family are beautiful, he has 3 great kids and a beautiful cottqge in awsome village.

... but we saw alot :) Just makes us realize that not all is so bad at home - but we have been warned to expect 1.50/lt for fuel when we get back!! Talking to people here, inflation is high and it is causing alot of strife all over Europe as wages are no where near the cost of living. The exception was in Switzerland - where we felt it was extremely expensive - but the people said they got paid well so it wasn't an issue for them.

... of her poor English. However, I found her English was pretty good, but she didn't know the bus station where I wanted to go. As a result, she told me to go back to the train station and ask the staff there. When I reached the bus terminal, there were a lot of Japanese tourists waiting for the bus to leave. Then I felt sure that it was the bus terminal which I looked ...

... that grazed on grass that grows on the salt flats. If I say that it was OK thats being generous. Jordans was the best - she had pork filet. Then it was back to the Mont for a nighttime tour. Most of the crowds had gone and the lighting, sea winds and Latin chants made for a very surrealistic experience. You could really imagine what it would have been like to walk these halls 700 years ago. It was really awe ...

... and on the beach. Found some shells and I gave most of mine to Chelsea. Nick found a sponge. Our room was ground floor and we had to open windows for air. The bathroom had very strange wallpaper with naked girls. Tub, sink, toilet and bidet were purple. Pictures exist of me and Chelsea washing shells in the bidet. First night of decent sleep. Trip is going well. Donna and Marie Claude shared a room! War between US and France imminent!<br><br>