Blogs from Saint-Malo, Brittany , France, Europe - page 2

ON THE PRINSENDAM TO ST. MALO, FRANCE Seven days on sea from Hamilton, Bermuda to St. Malo, France may seem like a long time, but the activities on board and the companionship of new acquaintances and friends along with well planned activities and entertainment make everything smooth and easy. St. Malo is on the English Channel and dates from the sixth century. It is the home of Jacques Cartier and others. It was also home to many privateers. When we went ashore this morning, everything was fouled up for a while because of the weather, but, after a delay of greater than an hour, transfer to shore on tenders went OK and I got on my scheduled bus. The adventure began. My first stop was Dinan, an amazing village with buildings dating back to the 1500’s. ... read more

Hey everyone! My apologies for being almost a MONTH late!! I'm really going to try to be more punctual about this :) On verra...we'll see! One month ago... I took a weekend trip with two other F&M students, and a BUNCH of students from the UC schools. Accent took us to Omaha beach, in Normandy, and we stayed in a beautiful little sea-side town called St Malo, in Brittany. We also saw Mont St-Michel and its abbey. So, Saturday of this trip was easily the best day spent in France. In the morning, we took a walk around this huge wall that surrounds St Malo. It was used for defense, but now, it's mostly a spot to hangout and walk around. Mirek, our lovely student excursion planner, gave us a tour of the city. Mirek, who ... read more

Our intrepid three were the first off the boat upon landing in Saint Malo at 8.20am this morning and headed straight onto the open road. There was a later stop for water and flapjack after 20 miles, however the stop was cut short due to a chilly breeze. The roads were excellent and undulating and the three stopped later for a small lukewarm coffee and shortly after this encountered their first road closure. Remaining unphased by this they took a diversion which directed them onto the motorway which was closely followed by a McDonald's lunch break. Finally the three arrived in Pon Rean at 3pm to find that the hotel did not have a booking for them. However they managed to secure two rooms overlooking the river for 58 euros and are relaxing in the french ... read more

Hey Guys, Its summer time again which must mean its time to go wandering with my bike. I’m with my brother this year and we’re travelling round France...hope you enjoy! After a very comfortable night sleep on the floor of the ferry we docked at Saint Malo at 8.30 French time and it was time for Chris’ baptism of fire in the morning traffic of Saint Malo. With no real street map but a good ‘general idea’ of where we were going we set off . Next was a town called Dinan where we found breakfast and some supplies for the day (although we did cycle past the supermarket on the first attempt giving us two chances of riding up the same hill). After this we had several hours of cycling along fast relativley empty french ... read more

Dear Peeps Have been coming back to the apartment / hotels and just falling straight into bed so have absolutely no time to write about our adventures. I'm only writing now as I'm in my room sick with a cold! By the way, it's still freezing here. Today we had a top of 10 degrees! On our last day in Paris we went to the Musee du Vin (wine museum) for lunch where the waiter gave Dad free cognac and then hit on me when Dad wasn't looking. The museum is based underground in an old quarry in the middle of Paris which was later used as a cellar for the restaurants based in the Eiffel tower. We then strolled across to the Arc de Triomphe which mum and dad kept calling the Champs de Elysees ... read more