Last Saturday a rather large group (probably 150+students) took buses to Mont-Saint Michel. It was about a four hour bus ride.. there and back. Good thing our bus driver was a stand up comedien/chanteur (singer), so the bus ride wasn't as bad as it could have been. We had to meet for departure at 6:45AM. It was a little rough waking up but so worth the trip. Mont St. Michel is located in the lower Normandy region of France. The landmass was once a bay, but it has now been eroded into a tidal island. In the past, when it was high tide, the island was virtually unreachable by foot, but now there has been a causeway constructed that joins the island to the continent. It is thought that Mont St. Michel dates back to 709 when a bishop (Aubert, of Avranches) had an abbey built in honor of the Archangel, thus making the island a perfect place for pilgramage. It's a tiny city within itself. In the tenth century more people moved onto the island, creating a small village below the abbey's walls. It was a really pretty day - when the sun was out. Since we were on the Atlantic Ocean, the wind was freezing. After we went up and in the village and abbey, we made our way to Saint Malo for dinner. The walled city can be found situated on the English Channel in Bretagne (Brittany). This ocean village was also invaded by the Allies on D-Day. It was definitely an enchanting city, but I seriously could not appreciate it because I was unable to tear my attention away from my chattering teeth.
(view from the top of the mont)
(the steeple of the sanctuary - we were so high up, we were in the clouds!)
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