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April 11 in Saint-Malo – 11 avril à Saint-Malo

11 Monday Apr 2016

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Today is Monday April 11, 2016.  It was much warmer today than yesterday.

We left our apartment around 9:30.  Our plan was  to go to La Madeline Center where the Carrefour hypermarche is located.  We wanted to buy potting soil, a clock for the living room/salon, a knife to chop vegetables, a baking dish to make tarts, and a few additional items that can’t be purchased at local markets/marches. It took us over two hours to read labels, compare items and make our purchases.

As we waited for the bus to return to Intra-Muros we unzipped our jackets as it was much warmer.  Probably the nicest and warmest day we’ve had here so far.

After a quick lunch, we completed a few cleaning chores, then headed off to the beach.

It is school vacation around here for the next two weeks and there were many people enjoying the sun, sand, and low tide.  The sun was out and the temperature was 16 C / 62 F.  We walked up and down the beach, through tide pools, and enjoyed the wonderfully

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Sandy in sand and water

fresh ocean air.  Sandy really likes to walk around in the shallow water.

There were quite a few small boats out this afternoon.  Children in the boats were learning sailing skills.  There were 3 different types of boats, used for different ages and different skill levels.

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sailing lessons

We did notice a small shell which was a shade of orange.  As we walked around we spotted two more urchins with the same shell coloring.  No idea what type of sea urchins we saw, but they were pretty.  We tried to use the Google photo search to find a similar photo, but no luck so far.  Will try again tomorrow.

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unknown orange sea urchin

April 10 in Saint-Malo – 10 avril à Saint-Malo

11 Monday Apr 2016

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Today is Sunday April 10, 2016.  It is very windy, cool, and cloudy when Sandy walks to the boulangerie.  She buys her usual baguette the Festive , one croissant and a new Viennoiseries called “croissant amande.”  All croissants are considered Viennoiseries, but we have never had one with almonds, just butter, chocolate, and raisins.  All of them taste delicious!

The outing for today is to attend a flea market in Paramé.  The Braderie de l’enfance Domaine des Lutins is a flea market for mainly children’s clothing.  We took a number 3 bus to the stop at Paramé Cimetière, the cemetery in Paramé.  It was then just a 5 minute walk to the salle Duguay Trouin, a sport hall at the College Duguay Trouin. The college is very near the government tax offices and near the E.Leclerc shopping center.

We walked around the flea market and saw a huge amount of children’s clothing as

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flea market

expected.  But there were also 2 vendors who had some DVDs.  Phil found 2 DVDs he wanted and got those for 1€ each.

  • Un Homme Presque Parfait – Nobody’s Foul, a Paul Newman movie
  • Une femme disparait – The Lady Vanishes, an Alfred Hitchcock movie

Our only other purchase was a can of Orangina, an orange soda we really like.

We walked back to the bus stop to grab the next bus back to the Intra-Muros.

On the way back to the apartment, we walked down the Quai Saint Louis to see the French

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French sailing ship Belem

sailing ship Belem which had come into the harbor and basin last night.  We took a few pictures, then walked into the Intra-Muros.

The next thing was to buy a newspaper.  At the tabac/presse where we buy our newspapers we got to meet the owners’ daughter who was working the cash register.  Phil asked the owner if he was going to take the day off tomorrow, Monday, but he said there would be no more days off until after the vacation season.  That means the end of August.

For lunch we had the thick ham slice we purchased on Friday from the butcher and the vegetables, sweet potatoes and zucchini, we purchased on Friday at the Intra-Muros market.  Everything was very good.

This afternoon we had a little rain, but we did not know it until it had stopped.

The highlight of the afternoon was a FaceTime session with our son Michael.  Always good to talk with him, and to see him and his cat, Kima.

All our pictures for April in Saint-Malo France can be viewed at 2016-04 April in Saint-Malo on Flickr.  The album will open in a separate window.

All our pictures for March in Saint-Malo France can be viewed at 2016-03 March in Saint-Malo on Flickr.  The album will open in a separate window.