Le
Mont Saint Michel (Manche)
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train down was fun. | |
The ship was a floating
casino. |
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it rose out of a field... | |
We crossed a causeway into
another era... |
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of steps... | Main
street, MSM.. |
More steps... | ||
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The picture to the left shows Randy on the shore at low tide...
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At sunset
we sat in our room, drank wine, and watched the incoming tide make MSM an island... | ||||
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next day we made the hike to the monastery for a tour of the top... | ||
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at a medieval altar and in the Great Hall... | ||
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is an inner court yard in the monastery... | ||||
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| Randy
in the hoist the medieval monks used to pull supplies up the mountain side to
the monastery... | ||||
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slipped through an unlocked door and up a spiral staircase that seemed to go on
forever. First we came across this great storeroom full of statues and fragments... then we came out on the roof !!! Here is Randy on the roof's ledge above a sharp cliff and lapping water straight down. A monk came out and chased us away. This was a tour off the beaten trail for sure! | |||||||
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We had a hard day climbing steps and exploring. We rested back in our room and watched the tide start to come in for the evening. Early the next morning we left Mont Saint Michel in the cold morning mist, ... but we took it with us in our hearts forever.
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