Hotel Bristol Union Saint-Malo

Ibis St Malo La Madeleine

La Madeleine
35400 Saint Malo, France +33 2 99821010
www.ibishotel.com

We left the hotel at five thirty to take the metro to Montparnasse, where we caught the country train to St Malo. The trip took about three hours it was very pleasant as we travelled first class. Thanks to infinity rail for your stuff up, for those who dont know even though we payed for 2nd class tikets we are booked into 1st class on all of our train journeys. We decided to get a cab to our ...

Arret d'une heure à St-Malo.

Cinq minutes après s'être stationné...il commence à pleuvoir. Mais jusqu'à là, ca allait.
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....

Fait du séjour à St-Malo...

On a passé une bonne partie de la journée à se promener dans le Mont-St-Michel. C'est vraiment spécial comme endroit, isolé du monde, mini village au milieu de…et bien rien! La marée était basse lorsqu'on est allé mais il parait qu'elle peut monter aussi rapidement que le galop d'un cheval. Je me demande si c'est vrai :s Il faudrait bien que je vérifie!

J'ai même ...

... the abbey there isn’t a whole lot to see at Mont St. Michel, it’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. 

... 19th century viaduct spanning high above the port. It was beer o'clock so we found the old towns bar street and settled ourselves down on one of the outside tables. We tried two local beers a Picon and Affligate. Picon a dark beer but tasting like it contained lemonade (hmmm not sure about that one) and Affligate which was like a blonde Leffe - this was a good choice ...

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.
After dinner we went for a walk ...

... changed my opinion. There was a lot of the usual tourist stuff but it wasn't hard to get away and explore the island via narrow lanes and hundreds of steps. The abby courtyard was a nice quiet retreat and the entire place was enjoyable to climb around and explore, although somewhat exhausting.

Saint-Malo

We explored Saint-Malo this evening and walked out to the end of the jetty. This walled city is beautiful and an enjoyable place to visit.

... five minutes later. We had dinner in a deserted restaurant and it turned out to be one of the best meals we've had the entire trip. We took off the next morning for the American War Museum, the resting place for over 9000 American soldiers who lost their lives mainly during the beach invasion of Normandy, the turning point of WWII. The cemetery is located on the cliff overlooking Omaha Beach, one of five beaches where the allies came ashore. The museum gives the whole story ...