And the angel said.. Build a giant abbey on an island in the bay.
January 29th 2010
Published: February 1st 2010
Published: February 1st 2010
MONT ST. MICHEL Day 9
Got the super early train to Pontorson so that I could visit Mont St. Michel. Before I forget to comment on an important matter; dogs are allowed to ride the train in Europe. All over the place I keep seeing dogs on the trains and not just little ones either. I like it! Dogs should be able to ride whatever train they want to. Back on track now, Mont St. Michel is an amazing abbey that is built on a hill in the middle of a bay. There is a road that has been constructed in order to reach the hill.
The story goes that the Archangel Michael came to St. Aubert in a number of dreams and told him to build this abbey on this particular spot. So that is what he did. And it is spectacular. These dreams took place in 708 and the first church was completed by 1000. Since that time many more additions: churches, abbeys, villages, and large military walls to protect the abbey during the Hundred Years War.
Unfortunately, it was still raining and I had to take my pack with me so I was a
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The sign over the water tap says "do not wash your feet"
After Mont St. Michel I boarded another train to Rennes. Then from Rennes to Nantes where I slept the night in a hostel that used to be an old manufacturing centre.
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The small village/shops that is constructed around the abbey at the base of the abbey
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View from the top
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The bay around the abbey
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Date: 20th February 2010
mont st michel
Amazing, I cannot get over the history behind it. Stairs people back then must have had great legs. LOL
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Amazing, I cannot get over the history behind it. Stairs people back then must have had great legs. LOL
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wowza that is 2 kool
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