Saint Malo

As you may remember, I had a pretty poppin' time a couple weekends ago (4/12/14). I had a sleepover, went shopping and just enjoyed myself! But wait - it gets better! (On that note, It Gets Better is another great organisation...) On top of a superb sleepover, terrific thrift store finds and a report card to remember, my family took me to Saint Malo! Now, this name may not mean much to you, but at my school, if you want to have a fun weekend, you take a trip to Saint Malo, a semi-nearby coastal beach city. To put it plainly, Saint Malo has everything: a beach, historical monuments and a thriving shopping center enclosed by ancient battlement walls. So, yeah, it was a rocking time. Though I didn't take any pictures at all of the city itself (I'm sorry, I just forgot! I was a little wrapped up in the whole "giant shopping center" awe... Also, you're probably sick of seeing pictures of nearly identical French city streets...) I took a buttload of pictures of the beautiful sea and battlements. Hope you enjoy!

From the battlements, we could see Dinard, a city we visited at the begining of my time in France!

The tomb of Chateaubriand:

Right next to the tomb of Chateaubriand there is another structure ???. What is interesting about this island is that the path is constructed in such a way that, when the high tide comes, the path disapears underwater! This means that, though people can visit the island, if they don't cross back over before high tide, they are stranded on the island until low tide comes again! Of course, there are tourist-aid boats that can get them to shore earlier if need be, but isn't it a bit scary to think you could be stranded there? My friend Morganne told me that once, she and her mother had to wait on the island for 6 hours because they didn't return to shore fast enough!

While walking along the beach, there were thousands of mussels washed up on the rocks.

For the most part, they were all living!

When we entered the city, we stopped in a nearby church and listened to the amazing folk band, Babord Amures. They were so talented! Needless to say I have sufficiently stalked them on itunes...

After we finished with our time at St. Malo, we passed by a neighboring village St. Suliac

Heehee... I have no idea what this is, but it's shaped like a tiny person!

Finally, on our way back home, we stopped to visit a historical monument, which overlooks the sea. The monument was built as a commemeration to all the fishermen who never made it back from the long voyages.