Day 12

Today was Mont 'St. Michel day......it is a monastery located in Brittany an area of France just west of Normandy.  It is about 50 miles away from our home base but took us a couple of hours to transverse  across the land because our GPS would not take the main roads.  WE have a Garmin which I call Jane and our French one in the car dash that I call Francois.  Well, they both wanted to take us on the longest most indirect route one could do.  they disagreed a lot but got us there after a tour of every small town in France (it seemed).  WE finally arrived and saw our hotel which was just a mile or so from the famous island.  The hotel is right across from the bus stop that picks people up to take them to the abby and town.  WE ate a delicious lunch we made ahead and headed for the bus and the monastery.  One thing, lets say we would hate to be here in HIGH SEASON because it was very very crowded IN SEPTEMBER......believe it or not, 80% were Japanese!!!! 

WE entered and walked up that famous "street" up to the Abby.  Up, up and up.....stairs and ramps and more stairs up to the abby.  Once there we paid our fee and got the self direct audio sets and set out.  It was quite interesting and to hear about all their different constructions dating back to the 10th century!!!!!!!!

After a great tour we walked down and down again past all kinds of souvenir shops and restaurants back to the entrance and back to the hotel....around 4:00. 

Our original plans was to drive over to a small town about 30 miles away for a very very famous dinner at a Michelin 4 star place but when we looked at the map we saw it would take over an hour....more like 2 hours to get there.  So we called and cancelled and figured we could eat nearby.

We relaxed with our friends over a glass of wine and cheese and decided because we walked so much to just eat in the hotel restaurant.  We wanted to eat outside and the menu was extensive especially guided to seafood.  WE all got the fixed menu which was 5 course meal.  For starters we got what they called "fruit of the sea" or fruit de mer!!!  Which was a HUGE dish of all types of seafood.  It was incredible....so gooooood.  Then we moved on to the entre, then the apple sorbet with calvato, then a huge cheese plate and finally with dessert.  OMG were  they all good.  So we did not feel any guilt missing out on the fancy meal over an hour away. 

We all wanted to see the Mont St. Michel by night, so we grabbed our cameras and went to the best viewing spots for pictures.  Now we are back in our hotel room relaxing and I am finishing up on the blog.

Tomorrow we plan to visit some towns nearby and head back to our headquarters in Ammeraches.

I think was plan to work east to see more towns and cities on the east side of Normandy.....in the days to come.

See ya.