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7 October 2010

A day of contrasts.

In the morning we visited Mont d’Huisnes where in a circular mausoleum the bones of over 11,000 German soldiers moved from several areas of France and the Channel Islands have found their final resting place. As with the war cemeteries we have visited it was a very moving experience.

In the afternoon along with hundreds of other tourists of all nationalities we went to one of the most popular and well known sites in France, the island of Mont-St-Michel with its abbey dating back to the 8th century built on the top of the rocky outcrop. We first walked around the many narrow paths and streets and up and down hundreds of steps. Then it was an English tour of the abbey with a knowledgeable and amusing guide. He explained that the abbey is built on four levels, the lowest of which is four crypts in order to for an artificial plateau on which to site the building.

We found a good camper stop on the mainland side of the causeway and after our supper we walked back to the Mont to see it floodlit. An exceptional sight

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