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August 20th 2013
Published: August 21st 2013
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I’ve just come back from a week-long trip to Guernsey, St. Malo and Cancale. The only other time I visited the Channel Islands was to Jersey for my 30th birthday, and that was awhile ago! So, after getting back from the Vercors and spending a few days in Paris, I decided I'd visit this Anglo-Normand (as the French call the Channel Islands) island over the long August 15th weekend. It'... Read Full Entry



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Hilary Kaiser
HKs Travels
HKs Travels
Hilary Kaiser--a writer, blogger, cross-cultural trainer and retired academic-- shares her travel adventures with friends and family around the world. (See also www.hilarykaiser.com and www.hilarykaiser.wordpress.com). Author of "WW Voices: American GI's and the French Women Who Married Them" (a paperback and ebook available on Amazon.com and Smashwords) and "French War Brides in America."... full info
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press coverage of the bombpress coverage of the bomb
press coverage of the bomb
S's house on GuernseyS's house on Guernsey
S's house on Guernsey
guests at S's dinner tableguests at S's dinner table
guests at S's dinner table
we three "ladies"we three "ladies"
we three "ladies"
Cancale's "rocher" (rock)Cancale's "rocher" (rock)
Cancale's "rocher" (rock)
"Oyster Gatherers of Cancale""Oyster Gatherers of Cancale"
"Oyster Gatherers of Cancale"
painting by John Singer Sargent
modern-day oyster beds at low tidemodern-day oyster beds at low tide
modern-day oyster beds at low tide
some collected oysterssome collected oysters
some collected oysters
oyster standoyster stand
oyster stand
oysters on the half-shelf prepared for saleoysters on the half-shelf prepared for sale
oysters on the half-shelf prepared for sale
customers relishing their purchasecustomers relishing their purchase
customers relishing their purchase
view of Mont St. Michelview of Mont St. Michel
view of Mont St. Michel
It's on the other side of the bay but is actually much farther than it appears on the photo because I used my zoom totake the picture.
stone chapel near Cancalestone chapel near Cancale
stone chapel near Cancale
shops at Cancale harborshops at Cancale harbor
shops at Cancale harbor
front of my friend S.B.'s housefront of my friend S.B.'s house
front of my friend S.B.'s house
back of the houseback of the house
back of the house
Aquatonic room Aquatonic room
Aquatonic room
at the Hotel des Thermes in St. Malo
front of the Hotel des Thermesfront of the Hotel des Thermes
front of the Hotel des Thermes
bay near S.B.'s where I went swimmingbay near S.B.'s where I went swimming
bay near S.B.'s where I went swimming
home again!home again!
home again!
View of the Eiffel Tower from Montparnasse 2 train station, where the TGV train from St. Malo arrives. The station is a 10-minute walk from my apartment.



22nd August 2013

Elaine
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Delightful...
as always! Love to "follow you" on your jaunts and especially appreciate the photos.
22nd August 2013

Joanne Magruder
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Thank you, from Malaga
Hilary, what a treat to share in your vacaciones. I'm enjoying speaking Spanish with other grandparents while watching my Norwegian-speaking granddaughter here in Malaga, Espana.
22nd August 2013

Ramona Davis
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Guernsey
What a delightful trip and commentary! Thanks so much, Hilary. I, too, read theGuernsey book and enjoyed it very much--also the PBS/BBC series on Guernsey during WWII. Thanks for this and have a wonderful time with your family in Paris.
22nd August 2013

Brenda
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Wonderful Adventure!
Great Trip! Thanks for sharing!
23rd August 2013

Bob Levy
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Wonderful. Truly
Hilary, I know nothing about travel blogs. Nothing except this. YOURS is GREAT. Feel like I was there. More than that, makes me want to GO there. You're on heck of a girl. Best to you. Bob Levy
23rd August 2013

HKs Travels
Hilary Kaiser

your comments
You flatter me! So great for the morale!
2nd September 2013

COBI
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thanks Hilary
I feel as if I have returned from a wonderful trip to Guernsey...without all the hassel! Loved the photos and comments about your friends in SM; you can be our publicity agent!
12th September 2013

HKs Travels
Hilary Kaiser

San Malo
I had such fun with you
10th September 2013

Andrea
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I only know Jersey
spent two weeks there, which I remember with pleasure, what impressed me most was hiking along the coastal pathways and walking through the villages and their lanes (very few cars) and feeling as if in an Agatha Christie novel!
12th September 2013

HKs Travels
Hilary Kaiser

Guernsey
Guernsey is like that, too!

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