The weather wasn’t great, but the sites were impressive.
Mont St Michel is an impressive 8th century monastery that (prior to the causeway and parking lot for tourists) was accessible only at low tide. Nearby was the only German WWII cemetary we saw – it was a totally different, somber, style from the Allied versions.
St Malo WAS a fortified island, now permanently on the mainland, it’s a facinating walled port city. Jacques Cartier was from here, before leaving to explore Canada.
After touring here, we took the ferry to Portsmouth to catch a flight home to Toronto. Big, safe boat…which was good, beacuse the weather in the Channel was terrible. The ship pitched and tossed, racks in the cafe broke loose, and people lost their lunch. It was very nice to stand on dry land again…but quite a travel experience to get home.