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the week ending Sunday May 29, 2022 – la semaine se terminant le dimanche 29 mai 2022

30 Monday May 2022

Posted by philipdenotto in 2022-France

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Monday-23th morning starts the week with some wind and rain. By the afternoon the rain was gone, but it was still windy.

Tuesday-24th we walked to the new Intermarché Super. It is about a 35 minute walk. Took the bus back.

In the afternoon we got haircuts at the Studio 3 salon. We started getting haircuts here in 2019 and continued in 2021. We both get a consistently great haircut.

Wednesday-25th has been a cloudy and cool day. This morning we walked along the streets inside the ramparts. Nothing specific in mind, just a look around at parts of the town which we typically do not traverse.

We had seen this electric “car” recharging in a parking lot the other day. Today we saw it parked across from a shop we were entering. The Citroën AMI électrique is not considered a car, rather it is quad cycle. A motorcycle with 4 wheels. You can read more at the Wikipedia site.

Citroën AMI

Citroën AMI
Citroën AMI

In the late afternoon, Sophie decided to sit on the back of Sandy’s chair.

Sandy and Sophie

Sandy and Sophie
Sandy and Sophie

THURSDAY-26th we took a morning walk to the marché in Rocabey. There was no rain the in the forecast, but a drizzle was happening throughout the Intra-Muros. We bought some meat, vegetables and fruit at the marché. On the walk back we again encountered the drizzle, this time a couple of hundred meters from the Intra-Muros. But it was enough to get us pretty wet.

FRIDAY-27th we started out early to go to the E. Leclerc Hypermarché. In previous years we took the number 3 bus from Intra-Muros to E. Leclerc. However this year the number 3 does not serve the Intra-Muros. Rather the number 6 is the bus to take. While waiting for the bus Sandy took a few nice pictures of the flowers in the “jardin de douves” which translates to moat garden. I at one time there was a moat around the castle.

garden by the bus stop
garden by the bus stop
garden by the bus stop

SATURDAY-28th we spent the morning at the Salon Nautique. The Salon Nautique was basically a large boat show and carnival. It was held on the quay Surcouf and basin Vauban. There were dozens of boats of all shapes and sizes, nautical boutiques and eateries. Wind surfing exhibitions were held on the basin Vauban. We spent over two hours walking around and had a great time. We went back to the Salon Nautique in the afternoon, but the wind kept us from staying more than a few minutes.

wind-surfer

wind-surfer
wind-surfer

The weather today was great, sunny all day, a high temperature of 18° C (65° F) and no clouds in the sky. The wind was a challenge on the ocean side of the city, but not by the harbor.

SUNDAY-29th and Sandy got surprised by Sophie the cat. As Sandy was leaving the apartment Sophie shot out the door on to the landing. Luckily Sophie had a moment of indecision as to whether to go downstairs or upstairs and in that moment Sandy was able to capture her. It was Sophie’s first successful escape. She had tried a couple of other times but had been thwarted.

Later Sandy had placed Sophie in the kitchen and closed the pocket door. This was to keep Sophie from getting out on the balcony while Sandy was out there. When Sandy came back to the kitchen she could not find the cat. Eventually she found that Sophie had gone into the empty pocket door area to explore. When the pocket door is open she cannot get it there, but with it closed she was able to “go exploring.” Again no harm, but Sandy had her second cat experience of the morning.

On a brighter note, we took a great walk of the breakwater this morning. Cloudy skies turned to bright blue and the wind was not a problem.

a colorful sail on the ocean

a colorful sail on the ocean
a colorful sail on the ocean

On the way back to the apartment we stopped for lunch at a pizza place near the apartment. We had a delicious lunch on the terrace of the restaurant enjoying the sunshine.


Now that you have made it this far you have a choice on how to continue. Below is a gallery of photos from this week titled 2022-05-29 week album. There are two ways you can view the photos.

The first way is to click on the title area of the album. So click on the 2022-05-29 week album and the album will open in FLICKR.

The other way is to click on the right >arrow in the area below. Clicking on the arrow all show the next photo in the album.

2022-05-29 week album
2022-05-29 week album
59 photos
  • us
    us
  • gulls
    gulls
  • sailing lessons
    sailing lessons
  • sailing lessons
    sailing lessons
  • lighthouse
    lighthouse
  • working on the bridge
    working on the bridge
  • working on the bridge
    working on the bridge
  • ship in the bassin
    ship in the bassin
  • porte st-louis
    porte st-louis
  • grande porte
    grande porte
  • CITROËN AMI ÉLECTRIQUE
    CITROËN AMI ÉLECTRIQUE
  • CITROËN AMI ÉLECTRIQUE
    CITROËN AMI ÉLECTRIQUE
  • some sand castles
    some sand castles
  • fort
    fort
  • kayaks
    kayaks
  • kayaks
    kayaks
  • Petit Bé
    Petit Bé
  • Brittany Ferries
    Brittany Ferries
  • jet skis
    jet skis
  • jet skis
    jet skis
  • Captain Taxi
    Captain Taxi
  • clouds
    clouds
  • 3 mast ship
    3 mast ship
  • Citroën AMI
    Citroën AMI
  • CHAT-MALO-CAT-MALO BEER DELIVERY
    CHAT-MALO-CAT-MALO BEER DELIVERY
  • intra-muros post office hours
    intra-muros post office hours
  • Place des Frères Lamennais
    Place des Frères Lamennais
  • Place des Frères Lamennais
    Place des Frères Lamennais
  • Place des Frères Lamennais
    Place des Frères Lamennais
  • Place des Frères Lamennais
    Place des Frères Lamennais
  • LOW-TIDE FORT-NATIONAL
    LOW-TIDE FORT-NATIONAL
  • LOW-TIDE FORT-NATIONAL
    LOW-TIDE FORT-NATIONAL
  • KAYAKS
    KAYAKS
  • SWIMMING-POOL
    SWIMMING-POOL
  • Cathedral-Saint-Vincent
    Cathedral-Saint-Vincent
  • staircase
    staircase
  • exquisite-door
    exquisite-door
  • wales-license-plate
    wales-license-plate
  • ships leaving the lock - 15 were in the lock
    ships leaving the lock – 15 were in the lock
  • corasire ferry from dinard
    corasire ferry from dinard
  • fishing boats entering the lock
    fishing boats entering the lock
  • a lot of tourists in town
    a lot of tourists in town
  • roue-panoramic
    roue-panoramic
  • salon-nautique
    salon-nautique
  • kayak-in-3-pieces
    kayak-in-3-pieces
  • gunilla-swedish-ship
    gunilla-swedish-ship
  • salon-nautique
    salon-nautique
  • salon-nautique
    salon-nautique
  • salon-nautique
    salon-nautique
  • salon-nautique
    salon-nautique
  • salon-nautique
    salon-nautique
  • Étoile du Roy
    Étoile du Roy
  • first cormorant sighting this year
    first cormorant sighting this year
  • salon-nautique
    salon-nautique
  • penguin-selling-ice-cream
    penguin-selling-ice-cream
  • wind-surfer
    wind-surfer
  • a colorful sail on the ocean
    a colorful sail on the ocean

That is all for this week in Saint-Malo. Au revoir.

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the week ending Sunday May 22, 2022 – la semaine se terminant le dimanche 22 mai 2022

22 Sunday May 2022

Posted by philipdenotto in 2022-France

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carrefour hypermarche, covid, intermarche super

In 2020 we did not go to Saint-Malo (SM) France.  Since 2010, the only other year we did go to SM was in 2015.  The COVID situation kept us from going in 2020.  In 2021 we came to SM for 3 months.  However the blog continued to be dormant.  A mix of extreme laptop problems and a general malaise kept the blog inactive.

But we are back this year, 2022!

So, we are here in Saint-Malo.  This is how we got here this year.

  • in April we went to Chicago to get our long stay visas because we are going to stay 4 months this year
  • in April, Sandy did all the travel planning for the flights including the arrangements for the cat, Sophie
  • May 12 we rented a car and drove from Holland Michigan to Detroit Metro Aiirport, DTW – that was a 3 hour drive
  • we checked our bag and got Sophie through TSA without problems, then the ground crew took Sophie so she could be loaded onto the plane – she was traveling in the climate controlled hold for the flight
  • our flight left on time and arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in Paris
  • we stayed that night, Friday the 13th, at the Ibis Styles hotel at the airport
  • early on the 14th we got our rental car and headed out for Saint-Malo (SM)
  • we took it easy on the drive and arrived mid-afternoon in SM and checked into our Hôtel Quic-en-Groigne
  • Sandy and I went to the apartment to start to get things organized, while Sophie stayed at the hotel
  • the apartment was in good shape and the hot-water boiler worked the first time we tried it! – every other year it had given us a problem
  • By the end of the day on Sunday May 15 we were settled in the apartment and most everything was going smoothly.

We still had the rental car, so on Monday May 16 we went to the Carrefour Hypermarché to do some shopping.  With the car it would be easier to get the purchases home, rather than taking the bus.

Tuesday the 17th we took the rental car to the gas station to fill it up before returning the vehicle.  This was only the second time I had pumped gas in SM and it took me a few minutes to understand the process.  A little different than in the US, just enough to throw me off.

After returning the rental car, we walked to the new Intermarché Super, which just opened last week.  It replaces a smaller Intermarché which was 300 meters closer to our apartment.  The new store is a bit farther away, but it is much bigger and very up to date.  We did a bit of shopping and then headed home.  It is about a 40 minute walk back to the apartment.

Ad for the new Intermarché Super

We got to see our friend Jean-Louis J the other day.  We have known Jean-Louis for about 10 years now.  We always stop by his shop to say hello and to take a picture of Sandy and him.  We’ll stop by and have a coffee with him in the next weeks.

Here is a small gallery of photos for our week in Saint-Malo. Clicking on a photo will open up a larger view of the photo.

wind surfers
the panoramic wheel (Ferris wheel)
the panoramic wheel
Sandy on the wheel
learning to sail
a Polish 3 mast vessel
Sandy and Jean-Louis J
a gull and its prize catch
low tide and a cruise ship
vessel congestion in the harbor

So this is the end of our first whole week in Saint-Malo for 2022. Hopefully this post will be fairly viewable and of some interst to you.

Have a good week and we’ll post again next Sunday. Au revoir.

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