Mont St Michel

Courtesy of our host we received a lift to the causeway out to Mont St Michel.

It sits across the sands from the coast and is a most impressive site. We had no trouble filling in a full day!

We walked to the Abbey at the top of the mont and joined an English language tour for one and a half hours. There are so many passage ways and rooms that this is the most efficient way to see them all. The rooms on the northern side were magnificent. The cloisters with lots of columns and breathtaking water views along with gardens and walkways were especially stunning. The Refectory was equally magnificent. The monks were only permitted to eat in daylight hours so it had lots of windows. They were built at an angle so as you looked to the cross at the end of the room, you had no external views.

The steps provided a workout..... up and down and around corners. We saw guest halls, chapels and all the rooms that made up this settlement of Benedictine monks.

Later we visited the 4 museums in the village that follows the pathway up to the Abbey. They range from modern multi media presentations, wax work figures with dramatic tales..... even more dramatic in French to traditional history museums.

We left late in the afternoon, just before the tide rushed in. The remaining drivers were about to scramble to move cars before the water covered the carparks.

A most interesting day.