28th July, Dominique and Rachel are taking us on a great adventure today; we will be visiting Mont-St-Michel. We leave early and along the way we stop at the small medieval town of Domfront perched atop a hill, complete with walls and a beautiful church which is about to undergo a major restoration. Unfortunately if you were to stop and take photos at every interesting town along the way you would never get anywhere so after a smooth trip we are greeted by the truly magnificent sight of Mont-St-Michel looming as a silhouette in the hazy distance. When we arrive at the tidal wetland lying in front of the island we are stunned by not only the stark tidal nature of the environment but also the grandeur of the structures which make Mont-St-Michel what it is. This was certainly one of the most wonderful things we had seen in France so far; however Rachel and Dominique had another ace up their sleeve today. On Dominique drove just up into the Brittany coast where we were confused by what lay in front of us, was it a castle, strange but large terrace houses or the work of a deranged architect. The answer was St Malo, a walled town/city perched at the mouth of the river Rance. It wasn’t until we were much closer that we made sense of the buildings jutting above the top of the 10m thick wall. We spent the afternoon walking the ramparts and the streets of this seaside wonder, staring out at the harbor which we knew in six hours time would be filled by an extra 5m of water due to the incredible tidal flow in this region. On the way home we paused for dinner at a Chinese restaurant where we had a chance to thank Dominique and Rachel for the truly magnificent day they had organized for us.
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