Excerpts from Dory’s journal

Photo captions by Stephanie

Day 20 9:29 AM, 15/7/24

Bayeux

Hello! I am currently in the car, and we are going to Mont-saint-Michel! Man, my 6th grade teacher had a painting of Mont-saint-Michel but never went there, so this will be a experience very much read!

Yours,

Dorrel

We were thinking of you, Ms. Phillips! It was a rainy day, but we loved seeing this city on a rock out to sea. Thankfully they built a causeway out to it, so now we don’t have to wait for low tide and wade out. (photo: Dory)

There is a shuttle bus that we could have taken from the parking area, but Thomas voted to make the 30 minute walk out on foot, so we could approach like the pilgrims of old. Another super interesting cultural note: French people love to take their dogs to tourist attractions. (photo: Stephanie)

The tide was still low when we got there. (photo: Dory)

Day 20 12:47 PM, 15/7/24

Mont-saint-Michel

Hello! I am currently at a table, after having waited for 30 minutes for a table to free up and to let us eat. I was about to murder someone and eat them, and I was formulating a plan to do that, when we got the message that a table was ready. Anyways, we are on the island of Mont-saint-Michel! It is a very congested space, because of course, a lot of tourists have heard of it. But the streets are very good, and I feel like I am in a miniature Italy. Whatever, we are preparing for lunch! Bye!

Yours,

Dorrel

Somehow, this is the only photo Dory or I took inside the city walls. Thomas about to dig into his crêpe. We ordered local cider on tap, and they served it to us in this little porcelain pitcher and teacup, which we thought was weird. (photo: Stephanie)

This was a big travel day. We drive 1.5 hours from Bayeux to Mont Saint-Michel, and then we drove 2 hours to Alençon, where we spent the night in another Airbnb. Thomas and I walked to a grocery store for some dinner/breakfast provisions, and I couldn’t resist taking a video of the hundreds of ribbons they had hung above the street. I hope you can watch it with the speakers on, so you can hear the noise the wind made. We are always amazed at the amount of public art for art’s sake there is here. -SSH