Hotel Des Alleux Dinan

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...

... la chance de gouter à des moules pour la première fois de ma vie! Ce n’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’est un fait à vérifier!
Les trippes ca c'est une autre histoire...je n’ai pas r ...

Sunday we drove 2 hours to Bretagne (or Brittany) to Mont St. Michel. There is an abbey on top which began construction in the 700s. It's very old and medieval. There were a ton of steps we had to climb up, but once we got to the top, it was well worth it. The views were picturesque ...

Famed as one of the best preserved medieval towns in France or so says the Lonely Planet, the old town seemed like it had been swallowed by the new. We had our first crepe and enjoyed it as we wandered through the old cobbled stone streets which became more and more rewarding. We stumbled upon the local young un's hang out which was the city walls. The views looked down onto ...

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 ...

... away. We headed back to the car just as another couple
were entering, a great stop.

We then took the coastal scenic route
back to Dinan taking about 2 hours. A wonderful drive through small
beach towns and then up on top of the cliffs overlooking the beach.
A great drive on a beautiful day and soon we were heading back to
Dinan and to the room to take a break.

We headed out for a beer and then
dinner and the old town was ...

... and as we discovered the cafes are really expensive - so we had a cheap lunch in the car, and drove to Dinan. Dinan is similar to Rouen, with it's half timbered houses overhanging the streets - there is a really nice street that leads down to the old port (on the Rance river), but as the street is quite steep, it isn't nearly so pretty coming back up!! We stopped at a bar in the late afternoon, only to find we had stumbled on the only English run place in ...

Sunny. Departed Blois. Long drive to Dinan. Stopped to picnic along canal. Delicious peaches.Canal boats motored by; three young boys practiced synchronized *******. Checked into hotel. Narrow, semi-spiral staircase. Changed into swimsuits. Hung out on beach at St. Enogat. Warm in sun; cool breeze. Nice little spielplatz with trampolines. Truck carrying ...