We forayed into France yet again yesterday and spent the day at Mont Saint Michel, an island city in Northeastern France. It was literally built on a mountain on an island over one thousand years ago at the request of Archangel Saint Michel and has been added to and renovated over the past 13 centuries. It has housed all walks of life, including royalty, prisoners, and monks, which made for an interesting history. The island itself was beautiful, but not nearly as incredibly as the stunning views looking out on the water that surrounds it.
I was not able to get far enough a way to get an image of the whole island, but I found this one online to give you a visual idea of where we were:
After checking the weather forecast the day before, I had anticipated rain. However, I had not anticipated about 17 different weather patterns over the course of 5 hours. It was cloudy, it rained, it was sunny, it rained, it HAILED, and finally it was cloudy again. But, all the while, it was COLD. But I am so glad I went. It's definitely a sight to see. Hence the many pictures, against the backdrops of many different colored skies, that follow:
The Abbey
Me going into the abbey
Parking lot that's submerged during high tide
view from the top
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