It was a quick stay in Rennes as we got in last night and got to hotel late. It turned out that they had reprogrammed all the keys for the hotel and most were not working. Oh boy...waiting in the lobby for an hour after traveling all day from Ireland to sort it out.
We booked into a traditional French restaurant last night and ate outdoors. It was great! Duck for me and Lamb for Bridget.
It turns out that Rennes is known for two things. Crepes and old 17th century wood timbered houses. We didn't partake of the crepes, but wandered the town this morning and saw some of them and snapped pictures of the town. I caught Bridget in the Sun as it was coming up this morning.
We train'ed to Saint Malo today to see it as it was an important beach town during the Allies invasion of WWII. About 80% of the town was destroyed, but we are staying in the old walled part or town in a building that wasn't touched and is original to the 18th century. Apparently the house has a storied history being a house of women courtesans who served the rich. Later it became a lower class brothel and then became a rooming house where many famous American jazz people stayed such as Josephine Baker.
The old, walled section is quite nice, but full of tourists on this holiday weekend here. Hopefully it will quiet down tomorrow as it will be a Monday here. Speaking of tourists, we are heading to Mont Saint-Michel tomorrow. it's about 45 minutes away and we are hoping to go early to avoid the crowds.
https://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/unmissable-sites/the-mont-saint-michel/
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| Saint Malo Wall and Port |
I've been having fun wandering around and snapping pictures with my iPhone and then editing them into B&W in an app called Snapseed. Here are some of then from the last couple days:
Dave & Bridget
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