la semaine se terminant le dimanche 17 septembre 2017 – the week ending Sunday September 17, 2017

17 Sunday Sep 2017

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le lundi 11 septembre 2017 – Monday September 11, 2017

It was not raining when Sandy shopped for our breakfast. The forecast today was for very strong wind this afternoon and tonight. Possibly over 40 mph. That is strong enough to cause interruptions in power or along roads that are next to the ocean. The weather channel had issued warnings due to the wind. Usually, we don’t hear much wind since our building is made of granite. We shopped at Intermarché grocery store, arriving one hour later than in the past. There were a few people in line to check out in the two open lanes. There were almost no other people shopping. When we were ready to check out, we waited for 2 minutes. We caught the bus and were home almost immediately. There was a really strong wind blowing. We will not walk out on the mole / breakwater today.

An apartment in the building next to us has been under remodeling. One of the worker truck drivers forced the parking pole out of the concrete in front of our apartment building so he could park there. It took forever last year to get it replaced after the street was re-blacktopped. How inconsiderate of the worker to remove it.

The big news for today; it was cool enough for Phil to wear trousers instead of shorts! Fall must have arrived.

le mardi 12 septembre 2017 – Tuesday September 12, 2017

This was a day for strikes in France. Some businesses and bus lines were affected. <La Fournee Malouine Boulangerie> was closed today. Sandy told the lady yesterday she’d see her in the morning and the madame said that’s right. However, today there was a sign on the door saying closed on Tuesday. We had croissants from the <Cathedral Boulangerie> instead. They were delicious!

We walked to Saint-Servan. On the way there we passed the cruise ship called <National Geographic Orion>. It has been moored in the basin since Sunday. Last year we checked the price of the cruise and it seemed very expensive to us.

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Next we walked over the ecluse/lock and saw a freighter coming into the basin. It was sitting very low in the water so it must have been full of cargo. We proceeded to Saint-Servan to look around at the marché. Our butcher is still on vacation so we could not buy any meat but we could buy black olives. There were few stands outside. The only stand that was interesting contained two baby wild boars.

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The vendor was trying to sell some kind of French lozenge or candy. Sandy did not taste any of the samples because the man held them in his bare hand. She did find the boars interesting to look at.

After returning to the Intra-Muros we enjoyed a coffee at <Charley’s Bar>. It was very windy outside the walls but inside the sun was shining and the wind was blocked. A lovely day to sit outside! There were many people driving around but few people walking around. We watched the worker install the housing sign on the former bibliothèque (library) which is now a housing unit.

le mercredi 13 septembre 2017 – Wednesday September 13, 2017

Yeah! <La Fournee Malouine Boulangerie> was open today. Click here to read about the bakery on Trip Advisor. The photo you see on the Trip Advisor site is our granite kitchen counter, our butter dish, glass of cranberry juice, red handled knife and white plate. We took the photo and posted it on their site. Yesterday we decided that the <Cathedral Boulangerie> does have the best croissants here in the Intra-Muros. But, <La Fournee Malouine> has the best baguette. We buy a baguette <Le Festival> which has a very crispy crust but is soft in the center.

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The forecast for today is heavy rain and strong wind until after 15h00. Sandy had books due today at the Mediathéque so our plan was to be there when it opened at 10h00 since the rain was predicted after 11h00. We stepped out of our apartment building and it immediately started to sprinkle. By the time we arrived at the library and got off the bus it was raining enough that we needed our umbrellas.

inside the mediathèque / library

Same thing on our return trip. However once we walked through the walls, the rain had almost stopped. The rain resumed and kept up continuously the rest of the afternoon. Good thing we had library books to keep us occupied.

le jeudi 14 septembre 2017 – Thursday September 14, 2017

Two weeks left – boo hoo! Sandy bought our usual croissants for breakfast but today included a croissant almond. See the photo that she took. They are made from croissant dough, have a thin layer of custard and almonds, dusted with powdered sugar lots of butter and sliced almonds on top. They were delicious!! It is cold today. The temperature was 9C / 48F. It rained off and on until lunch time. Sandy hung some laundry on the balcony but after a few minutes of sun brought it inside when it started to rain again.

After lunch the sun came out and it was beautiful. We took the bus to the <Carrefour Hypermarche> at the <La Madeleine Center>. We wanted to recycle Brita filters and printer cartridge filters. They take both items that the smaller grocery stores don’t accept. We also bought some caramel sauce to have with apples and white dryer sheets that Sandy folds between the clean sheets and towels over the winter. In 2014 she had used blue dryer sheets only to find out that the blue comes off onto the fabric after a while. She had lots of laundry to do while trying to remove the stain a blue dryer sheet made.

le vendredi 15 septembre 2017 – Friday September 15, 2017

It was cold today! The temperature was 10C / 50F when we walked to catch the bus. It was not raining on our way to the bus stop, but as a precaution we had umbrellas with us and wore our rain coats. It was almost time for the bus to arrive and it started raining even though the sun was shining. We boarded the bus at 9h36 and Sandy took this photo of the rainbow over the ramparts.

arc en ciel – rainbow

We spent two hours tutoring with Christine and walked back to catch the bus. It had rained while we were at her house but it stopped for our walk. We sit in her dining room looking out the window at her garden for tutoring. We spotted two Pies (magpies) hopping around. They are fun to watch.

Pie – magpie

le samedi 16 septembre 2017 – Saturday September 16, 2017

It was unusually quiet this morning. Sandy bought our breakfast and made it home before rain shower began. It was raining in the front of our apartment with the sun out, the basin side but not in the back of our building or the ocean side. It only lasted for less than one minute but we still find it unique.

This weekend was <European Heritage Days>.

The European Heritage Days offer a tremendous opportunity to discover public and private buildings that open their doors for the first time or in an exceptional way, revealing their backstage, their unique history or their secret collections.

Many buildings all over France are open to the public for free.

tour-solidor

We walked to Saint-Servan to visit the <Tour Solidor> which is a lovely ancient tower (from the 14th century) with panoramic views.

tour-solidor – our selfie at the top of the tour solidor

There is a museum inside the tower. There are 6 levels in the tower and each level has a display and information.

MUSEUM OF CAPE HORNIER dedicated to long-haul sailing trips (late nineteenth, early twentieth century). Models, charts, instruments

tour-solidor_37259553955_o We returned to Saint-Malo along the beach at low tide and stopped at the <Porte de Dinan> to see the <Association Doris Emeraude Rance> which is a local group that invite the public to discover these long narrow boats used for cod fishing in Newfoundland. Doris boats were originally made in Massachusetts USA in the 19th century. The sun was brilliant and the temperature had risen. We enjoyed a small glass of cider while sitting at the harbor. It was a beautiful day!

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Around dinner time, we had to turn the heat on in our apartment. The temperature was down to 18.5C / 65F in the apartment. Outside, it was rainy and cool. We are able to turn on the heat in each room separately so our bedroom and the living room felt great!

The usual delicious desserts from <La Fournee Malouine Boulangerie>.

great dessert 1

great dessert 2

le dimanche 17 septembre 2017 – Sunday September 17, 2017

The apartment was much more comfortable this morning. On Sandy’s way back from buying our breakfast she kept hearing someone tapping on a window. She kept looking up and around but didn’t see anyone. Finally she realized there was a gull sitting in the window of an apartment tapping on the kitchen window. It must have been waiting to have breakfast served out of the window.

After breakfast we toured the Mayor’s Office in the <Hotel de Ville>. It was open today as part of the <European Heritage Days>.

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Hotel de Ville entrance

fireplace in the mayor’s meeting room

After the Hotel de Ville tour, we enjoyed a coffee in <La Licorne> (the Unicorn) restaurant in the <Place Chateaubriand>.

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Stopped at <La Licorne> restaurant for a coffee

After that, we waited for a parade of old cars that was to begin around 12h30. We had enjoyed the parade in the past. Unfortunately, they didn’t arrive even though we waited for 30 minutes later than the scheduled visit. However, Sandy did see a snail taking in the sun on a flower right next to us.

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Snail on a flower in the Saint-Vincent esplanade area

This evening we had two delicious desserts from <La Fournee Malouine Boulangerie>.

Desserts from <La Fournee Malouine Boulangerie>

le dimanche 13 août 2017 à Saint-Malo – Sunday, August 13, 2017 in Saint-Malo

13 Sunday Aug 2017

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le lundi 7 août 2017 – Monday August 7, 2017

The temperature is 12 C or 53 F. Chilly! Today is the day for the Intra-Muros braderie (flea market and store clearance sale). Sandy walked to the boulangerie (bakery) to get our breakfast at 8:15. The Place du Marché aux Légumes was already full of tables, and blankets where individuals had set up their items for sale. A super interesting morning! First we saw our friend Marie-Dominique with her twin daughters and her oldest daughter. They arrived to secure their prime selling location at 5 am!! Next we saw our neighbor who is from Paris. He set up his table at 5:15 am.

To see the braderie, we walked down the main street, rue de Dinan. As we were walking, a camouflage dressed soldier carrying an automatic rifle politely said “pardon madame” to Sandy. Another first!

military patrol on the street

odd items on sale

crowd at the braderie

After a coffee at Charley’s Bar with a pain au raison and some people watching, we headed home.

empty seats at Charly’s bar – people are always coming and going – within 5 minutes all the seats were taken

In the afternoon we walked to the harbor. The streets were jam packed with people shopping at the braderie tables. We actually had to stand still a few times to wait for the path to clear. In the harbor we spotted what looked like a military yacht moored in the bassin (basin). It was actually a private yacht called Skat and registered in the Cayman Islands. It was flying a Cayman Islands flag. It’s only 70 meters long and 14 meters wide. You can learn more about this super yacht by clicking here.

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SKAT berthed at the North Mole, Port of Gibraltar, By Moshi Anahory – http://www.flickr.com/photos/mosh70/9248727609/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27198522

le mardi 8 août 2017 – Tuesday August 8, 2017

It was raining hard enough that Sandy had to hold an umbrella open on her way to and from Maison de Pain which is the closest boulangerie to our apartment. Good thing she had remembered to bring a bag for the croissants and baguette or they would have been wet. We had set our alarm and woken up early to do some shopping.

Sandy was at the Intra-Muros marché before the veg and fruit vendor, Monsieur Alix, had even displayed all of his prices. Peach plat (flat peaches) are one of our favorite fruits here that we can’t buy in the USA. His fruit is always good and it is wise to take his recommendations.

After the marché we were on our way to the bus stop. We didn’t need our umbrellas, but our glasses were covered with rain drops. We took the 8:40 bus to La Madeleine Center which is where a huge Carrefour Hypermarché is connected to a mall which has smaller shops. The rain stopped by the time we arrived. We had a lot of unusual things on our list like Brita water filter, specialized light bulb for our kitchen ceiling light, mixing bowl, and shower squeegee. We finished our shopping just as Darty (similar to Best Buy) opened at 10. Phil was looking for a small battery operated radio but couldn’t find one today.

Next we walked across the parking lot to “GoSports” (similar to Sports Authority) to look at athletic socks. Sandy had good luck searching for socks. Three pair of just slightly above the ankle socks were 6€.

Back to the bus stop. On one side of the street the wait was 15 minutes, on the other side of the street, the wait was 7 minutes. It doesn’t matter which direction we travel, since both bus lines end at the gate to Intra-Muros so we opted for a 7 minute wait.

After unloading everything we were off to Charley’s Bar for a coffee.

None of the individuals had put out their items for the second day of the braderie due to the early morning rain.

Sandy made a delicious BLT sandwich for our lunch today on a baguette. We wanted to mail a letter at the “post office” so walked in that direction at 3 pm.

Flower beds near the Post Office.

The streets were jammed full of people! Since everything had dried out, people brought out their wares to sale. Next we stopped at the Hôtel de Ville (city hall) for yellow recycling bags. They are provided free of charge as they are in the USA. Afterwards we went to the harbor to see what was going on. A small weather front was coming in across the bay from the direction of Dinard. The clouds were low and threatening, but no rain developed.

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le mercredi 9 août 2017 – Wednesday August 9, 2017

Sandy noticed the brick missing as she left our building. There has always been one brick against the inside entry wall so people bringing luggage etc inside could keep the door from closing.

The forecast was for rain in the morning and clear in the afternoon. That’s not what happened! It was sunny until 9:45 then the clouds and rain moved in. Every time that the rain stopped, the street dried, and we decided it was okay to take a walk, the rain started again. The temperature dropped and stayed to just around 60 F for the remainder of the day and night. If Sandy hadn’t gone to buy our breakfast at 8:30, she wouldn’t have left the apartment for the entire day.

We think the neighbors from Paris who own the apartment at the top of our building arrived last night.

le jeudi 10 août 2017 – Thursday August 10, 2017

It was definitely cool when Sandy bought our breakfast. People are wearing what appears to be winter weight jackets. We took the bus to Rocabey to pick up a few items from Intermarche grocery store. When we buy Perrier it is heavy to bring home, so we try to buy it when there isn’t other weighty items. I also had a discount for a shower squeegee on the fidelity card so we picked that up too.

Next we walked to the marché to stop at the butcher. While we waited in line (lengthy today because of tourists in August) Sandy asked Phil if he’d eat any of the rillettes (rillettes are a preparation of meat similar to pâté) as an aperitif. His answer was he’d probably have to be intoxicated for it to happen. Rillettes are a preparation of meat or pork or poultry (goose, chicken) or fish (salmon, tuna, etc.), or even crustacean (crab for example), cooked long over low heat in the fat. Then the flesh filaments are easily detached and form “rillettes.” By cooling, the grease goes up. It looks like a large dish of cold, congealed, light gray in color mixture; formally referred to as “Brown Pig Jam”. Not appealing or appetizing to finicky eaters. We ordered a small pork tenderloin, two slices of ham for sandwiches, and a thick piece of ham to have with a sweet potato. His meat has such a delicious flavor, it’s always a treat to eat.

A visit to the wine shop in the afternoon to pick up a couple of bottles.

Sandy’s favorite white wine from the wine merchant – Cave de l’Abbaye Saint-Jean – 2 minutes from our apartment

After putting things away we enjoyed a coffee at Charley’s Bar. However, the temperature had dropped, now 57F, and we stayed less than an hour. At home, even Phil was cool enough to put on a fleece pull over.

le vendredi 11 août 2017 – Friday August 11, 2017

Sandy brought our breakfast croissants home and shopped at the marché for fruit and vegetables. Monsieur Alix advised her to try green plums today. They were delicious to eat with our lunch. We were out the door of our apartment by 9:20 to catch the bus for tutoring at Christine’s house. It is always entertaining at her house and we were tired after two hours of serious concentration. We had a few good laughs today when Sandy misunderstood one of Christine’s questions. She was soon straightened out.

beautiful flower garden on our path to our French lesson

After lunch we walked to the quay where the 7 single engine boats participating in the VOR (Volvo Ocean Race). It is a race of 65 ft long single engine boats that are fully crewed. Beautiful boats!!

Volvo Ocean Race boats

VOR boat instruments

VOR boat profile

le samedi 12 août 2017 – Saturday August 12, 2017

The weather forecast is for 0% chance of precipitation and cloudy with a high of 19C or 66F. We walked to the harbor just at high tide (11 am) to see if the boats involved with the Volvo race were sailing. We watched several small birds, we don’t know what kind they are, dive into the sea, go completely underwater, then fly out of the water and away. They are fascinating to watch and since the tide was in, we could see the birds a few inches below the surface and through the water. When we returned to the apartment we researched the diving birds. They are “sterne_pierregarin” (a tern) and more information on them can be found at this link.

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We also saw some new gulls wandering around the harbor. They always look a little lost.

Young gull

All 7 of the boats were waiting to go through the locks and the temperature began to cool off. Sandy walked back home for a heavier jacket for herself and a light jacket for Phil. She was back for maybe 2 minutes and it started to drizzle. Looking towards Dinard we could see the rain approaching. We headed for our apartment instead of a walk along the beach towards the Solider Tower.

In the afternoon we walked to the Plage Salbons (Salbons beach) area which is just south of the harbor. It is a charming little area with a beach, boats, paths and cafes.

Sablons w/Intra-Muros in background

boats in Sablons with I-M in the background

walk around the beach

le dimanche 13 août 2017 – Saturday August 13, 2017

Today the weather is great. Our challenge is we want to go to an outdoor marché which will be difficult to get to for us. It is Sunday and the buses do not run frequently. As it turns out we spent about 3 hours going and returning from the marché. We only spent an hour at the marché. The 3 hours of travel were really time spent mostly waiting for the buses. There were severe delays and some buses just went missing. Still it was an interesting and pretty place to visit.

MARCHE DES CREATEURS DE ROTHENEUF Aire du Nicet – Avenue de la Varde

The marché is set right on the cliffs which descend to the ocean. A really pretty area.

Aire du Nicet – Avenue de la Varde

On our return to the apartment we met our neighbor from the top floor. He was on his way out. We had a nice little discussion and caught up on what was happening in his family.

13 septembre 2016 à Saint-Malo – September 13, 2016 in Saint-Malo

13 Tuesday Sep 2016

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Tuesday September 6, 2016

Tuesday September 6, 2016. Today was the day of the Intra-Muros marché. Sandy purchased pastèque (watermelon) , melon (cantaloupe), fraise (strawberries), peche plat

pêche plat (flat peach)

(flat peaches) which are not available in the US, pomme (apples), poire (pears), salad (lettuce), tomate (tomato), pomme de terre (potatoes), and carrotte (carrots). We took a walk on top of the ramparts and happened to luck out and spot a ship in the harbor. It was just high tide and the ship was waiting to enter the ecluse. It is called the Nao Victoria and is the replica of the Magellan ship that made the first round the world voyage in the sixteenth century. The Nao Victoria has the following dimensions: – length ht = 27 m – width = 7 m – draft = 3.30 m – air draft = 22 m. Imagine sailing around the world in this tiny, bucket shaped boat. It will be in Saint-Malo for the next 4 days. Click here for more information about the ship. While walking around the neighborhood, Sandy met and talked to our neighbors. They will be returning to Paris on Thursday.

The Brittany Ferry Bretagne is 6 times longer and 4 times wider than the Nao Victoria. The Brittany Ferry goes between France and England. The Nao Victoria circumnavigated the world, almost 500 years ago.

Não Victoria

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Wednesday September 7, 2016

Wednesday September 7, 2016. The forecast is for a high temperature of 31C which is 88 F. Hot for here! Sandy spotted the van of a painter we had been trying to talk to on her way back from buying our breakfast croissant. After breakfast Phil walked over to talk to the painter. They both returned to our apartment so the painter could see what we needed to have painted. Hopefully he will follow through with his date to return. We walked to the Sillon beach (Plage du Sillon) to see if we could walk in the water but the tide was too high. So, we walked back to the Plage de Bon Secours beach to enjoy a lovely walk in the water. There was a small cruise ship idling, probably waiting to enter the ecluse and we spotted not only one but two cormorants fishing for their lunch. We found out later that the cruise ship did not enter the basin but stayed moored off the Mole.

Cruise ship anchored just outside the harbor.

Thursday September 8, 2016

Thursday September 8, 2016. We made it through another hot day yesterday and it was wonderfully cool this morning at 17 C. Our friends will be leaving for the train station just before 11:00 so we waited to say “bon voyage” to them before leaving our apartment. We took the 11:10 bus to Carrefour at La Madeleine Center to shop for groceries. There were very few people shopping and we were back on the bus to return to the Intra-Muros at 12:22. After lunch Sandy worked on homework and we took a walk to the harbor around 16:30. Phil spotted two young cormorants fishing for their dinner. The Corsaire Ferry arrived and departed, and the Condor Ferry was loading passengers and cars.

The local fish merchant delivering to a group heading out in the boat.

Friday September 9, 2016

Friday September 9, 2016 we spent two hours with Christine on French lessons. We (all 3 of us) can have an almost fairly normal conversation in French with Sandy only asking for an occasional translation of a word or two. Much improved from April! The high temperature for today was 24 C but still felt very warm in the sun. We enjoyed BLT on a French baguette for lunch with a slice of watermelon (the lettuce and also the tomato) fresh from the marché this morning. Our neighbors that returned to Paris called on the telephone and Sandy answered. She was able to understand and answer a few sentences in French before panicking and handing the phone to Phil. A first for her and the phone!!

We ate dinner at La Chouamerie restaurant, ranked 14 of the 313 reviewed restaurants on Trip Advisor in Saint-Malo. It opened in 2012 and is just around the corner from us. It was a very pleasant evening. There were 6 choices for a plat/main dish; a formula fixed menu, and lovely desserts. Phil had bar (sea bass) and Sandy had beef. For dessert we tried Lemon Posset and Coulant au Chocolat. The lemon was a custard/creme anglais and the chocolate/custard was hot and bubbly on top with creme. They were both delicious!

La Chouamerie Restaurant

Saturday September 10, 2016

Saturday September 10, 2016 is cool and partly cloudy. There was a chance of rain for the afternoon and around 3 pm started sprinkling. All of France is very dry from lack of rain. We could really use a day or two of good soaking. It continued misting or sprinkling until around 19:00. It was cool enough that we had chili for dinner. We had a quiet day for sure.

Flowers in the Place du Marche aux Legumes

Place du Marche aux Legumes

Place du Marche aux Legumes

Sunday September 11, 2016

Sunday September 11, 2016 and we woke up later than usual. So late, in fact, that Simon boulangerie was out of croissants when Sandy shopped for breakfast. Phil enjoyed a croissant almond instead. We spent an hour and a half on the beach today. We walked in the water at high tide since the co-efficient was only 32. For the first time we walked in calf deep water on the side of the pool. A co-efficient of 32 just barely covers the walls of the pool. We took our beach chairs and enjoyed an almost “private” beach with hardly anyone there after our walk. It was fairly cool all day with the high temperature only reaching 22 C and mostly cloudy.

Sandy standing on the wall at the swimming pool when the high-tide was low.

Wall around the swimming pool.

Monday September 12, 2016

Monday September 12, 2016 was very cool and drizzly when Sandy bought our croissants for breakfast. The forecasted high was 29 C, hot for here but the morning was great. We took the bus to the Rocabey post to mail a letter and walked to the Intermarche grocery store for Cheerios, gaseous water, and ice cream. They actually had 3 check out lanes open today. A first for our own parking lot behind our apartment building – there was only one car parked there today instead of the usual 11-13 cars all juggling for a spot. Definitely fewer people around today.

A couple of kayak classes heading out from the beach.

Tuesday September 13, 2016

Tuesday September 13, 2016. Sandy shopped at the Intra-Muros marché for vegetables and fresh fruit. She “played tourist” and walked through town looking in the tourist shops. After lunch she worked on homework for our tutoring lesson. Phil stayed in the apartment and took it easy since he was having problems with his foot the last day or two. Around lunch time we heard a lot of thunder and it rained off and on for a few minutes. Later the sun came out and the temperature reached 27 C. There were more thunderstorms predicted for later in the night.

3 juin à Saint-Malo – June 3 in Saint-Malo

03 Friday Jun 2016

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Friday, June 3 in Saint-Malo is forecasted to be a cloudy day.

A trip to the La Madeleine Center and the Carrefour Hypermarche. While walking to the bus stop we saw a license plate from Denmark. First one of the year from the Danes.

Denmark license plate

We managed to get everything on our list at the Carrefour. We even got everything in the roller cart. On the way back from the Intra-Muros bus stop at the esplanade Saint-Vincent we took a couple of pictures of the marquees which were being set up. The marquees will be used this weekend when there is a bicycle event in the city.

Marquees on the esplanade Saint-Vincent for the bicycle event this weekend

Marquees on the esplanade Saint-Vincent for the bicycle event this weekend

In the afternoon we took a walk to the harbor to see what was happening. It had been almost 9 days since our last visit to the harbor. The construction in the harbor was still underway to accommodate the fishing boats.

Construction work in the harbor to accommodate the fishing boats

There were also a couple of men fishing from the other boat ramp.

Men fishing from the boat ramp

On the way back from the harbor we stopped at a used book shop. Sandy took a quick look at their English language books, but decided she did not need one at this time. There were still several back at the apartment which she had not read.

Our apartment is on the 2 floor (3rd floor in USA terms). From our apartment we cannot see the ocean, the harbor or the basin. But we are actually just a few hundred feet from any of them. Today there is a large sailing ship, the ANAKENA, in the basin and we can see the top of its tallest mast from our window (in the red rectangle below). 27407576646_bdc9bcc683_k

27 mai à Saint-Malo – May 27 in Saint-Malo

27 Friday May 2016

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It is Friday May 27, 2016. It has been a long week for sickie Sandy.

Sandy was in less pain today but her foot and ankle were still swollen. But considering she could hardly walk on Wednesday there has been some good progress.

Phil left the apartment before 9 am to shop at the Intra-Muros marché for fresh fruit and vegetables. He brought the items back to Sandy for washing. He then left to catch the bus to the Carrefour Hypermarche at the La Madeleine Center. He did quite a bit of shopping, filling our roller cart to the brim with some overflow in a separate bag. Luckily Sandy gave him a picture of the type of milk to buy. There are many types and it is often confusing. He then took the number 1 bus toward the Intra-Muros.

While waiting for the bus he took this picture. 27283659625_86beca2c6c_k

Phil stopped at the Saint-Servan marché on the way back. The butcher we most frequently use, Ferme les Aubriais, is at the marché on Friday and Tuesday. We needed some ground beef, chicken breasts, and pork chops. The marché was quite busy.

Busy Saint-Servan marché

Busy Saint-Servan Marché

It is easier to walk home from Saint-Servan instead of taking the bus, so that is the route Phil took.

On the way he saw the Brittany Ferry heading out of the harbor.

Brittany Ferry leaving the harbor

During the walk the bridge was open and the lock/ecluse was open. A “pirate” ship was on its way out to the harbor.

Pirate ship in the lock/ecluse

On his way home Phil stopped at Macaron Simon Boulangerie for a baguette and some macarons. Then a quick stop at the Tabac Presse des Cordiers for a newspaper. Then home.

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Tabac Presse des Cordiers – my shop for newspapers and candy treats

It was cloudy all morning but sunny this afternoon.

23 mai à Saint-Malo – May 23 in Saint-Malo

23 Monday May 2016

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Monday May 23, 2016 and the morning started with Sandy’s foot hurting.

Therefore, Phil did the shopping at the boulangerie for breakfast. He managed to bring home a baguette, a pain au chocolat, and a croissant.

After breakfast, we walked slowly to the bus stop as Sandy’s foot was sore even after soaking it twice. We were on the bus at 8:50 to go to the Carrefour hypermarche at La Madeleine Center. We wanted to pick up the cleaning (if the automated process worked) and buy two chairs for our balcony. We took our shopping cart with us and a couple bungee cords in case they would help bring the chairs home.

We found the chairs we wanted. Phil tied the chairs onto the cart as they were heavier than we expected. We then stopped at the cleaners. The “ticket reader” scanned the code on our receipt and the cleaned clothing rack started moving. The rack stopped moving. A mechanical arm grabbed the clothing and presented it to us. “Voila!” we had our cleaning and we were on our way back to our apartment. It was cool, windy, but sunny on the walk back from the bus stop. The shopping cart came in very handy.

Two new gray chairs to join the gray table on the balcony.

After lunch Phil stopped at the post office to pick up a package and mail a letter. He also stopped at the pharmacy to buy Epson salts for Sandy but could not find any. We’ll have to try a larger pharmacy another day.

Sandy noticed the city had mowed the grass and replaced the flowers in the Place du Marché aux Légume, but we haven’t seen them up close.

20 mai à Saint-Malo – May 20 in Saint-Malo

20 Friday May 2016

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Friday May 20, 2016 and we’re out of our apartment and at the bus stop by 9:00.

Before discussing Friday, we wanted to post some pictures we took on our way Thursday evening to the movie at the Maison du Quebec. The trees are in the Place des Frères Lamennais in the Intra-Muros area of Saint-Malo. We are not sure of the type of tree, but the blooms are very pretty.

Trees line the Place des Frères Lamennais

Some of the trees living in the Places des Frères Lemennais

Blossoms on the trees which line the Place des Frères Lamennais

Now on to Friday! We needed a few items from the Carrefour hypermarche at the La Madeleine Center. We needed to try the dry cleaner which is located in the mall portion of the La Madeleine Center. We also wanted to stop at the Saint-Servan market for meat on the way home.

The dry cleaner stop was interesting. We dropped off the cleaning, paid in advance and were given a ticket, similar to the process in the USA. However, getting our cleaning back will be a little different. The ticket information is to be entered into an automatic retrieval machine that returns your dry cleaning. We’ll return to pick up the cleaning on Monday and see how well it works.

Compared to last week, there were a lot less shoppers today at both locations, Carrefour and the Saint-Servan market. Last weekend was a 3 day weekend in France, so there were a lot of tourists in town, not this week.

Marche shoppers

Marche shoppers

At the butcher we purchased some rump-steak, a couple of slices of ham for sandwiches, and a thick slice of ham for dinner on Sunday.

We walked home from the Saint-Servan market and for the first time did not meet anyone on the bridge between the lock/ecluse and harbor. It is usually a “fight” crossing the bridge. The sidewalk is barely wide enough for two pedestrians. If one of the pedestrians is wearing a backpack or they stop to admire the view, there is a chance the person walking in the other direction will be pushed into the traffic. No problems today.😀

13 mai à Saint-Malo – May 13 in Saint-Malo

13 Friday May 2016

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Friday May 13 and the slight fog and overcast skies continue for the third day. We understand from some locals that this is pretty much normal weather for a week or so every May.

An early expedition to the Carrefour hypermarche at the La Madeleine center is the task for the morning. We got to Carrefour about 9:10 and most of the stores in the center were still closed. The Carrefour was about as empty as it ever gets. We actually got all the items on our list. That does not always happen.

The trip back had an additional planned stop. Yesterday, Thursday, we had missed a delivery at the apartment. UPS left us a note stating the package would be available on Friday at a local drop off spot. The drop off happens to be the Le Trimaran bureau de tabac, which is a bar/tabac/presse. They sell magazines, newspaper, lottery tickets, candy, tobacco products, and they have a bar. The bar serves coffee, wine, beer, or soft drinks. And to top it off, you can also make horse racing bets!

After picking up the package we returned to the Intra-Muros and walked through the parking lot looking for foreign license plates. Today we found one from Italy (I).

Italy license plate

Yesterday we started planning a small trip to Normandy during the week of May 23. We

Gomina Coiffure

had already scheduled haircut appointments for that week, so today we walked to the haircut shop (Gomina Coiffure) to change our appointments.

In the afternoon we took a walk to the harbor to see what was happening. The Condor Ferry was just pulling into the harbor to dock. The dredging vessel and the barge were gone. We speculate the job of deepening the harbor is done. The next step will be to build the docking / mooring stations for the fishing boats. That is all supposed to be done by the end of June. As for the harbor today, it was pretty quiet all over the place. The ocean was very calm and not much was going on.

A very quiet harbor today, with some fog in the background

May 2 in Saint-Malo – 2 mai à Saint-Malo

02 Monday May 2016

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Monday May 2, 2016 and it’s quiet. Many tourists leave on Sunday night. Sandy loves Monday morning when there are few people out and about.

Sandy purchased our breakfast croissant, pain au chocolat, and baguette Gana from the Maison du Pain. She loves the closeness of the location, but again thinks the La Fournee Malouine has superior croissants.

By 9:15 we were at the bus stop to go to the Carrefour hypermarche at La Madeline Center. We needed yogurt (they have two huge, long cases full of a variety of styles and kinds), cleaner for windows, Cheerios, red fruit muesli, and several other items.

At the Carrefour we ran into the universal problem of trying to purchase a product which did not have a bar-code. We selected a small gray metal table for the balcony and it did not have a bar-code. None of the other tables had bar-codes. We took a picture of the price tag above the tables in hopes that the cashier could use that price. When we got to the cashier we explained the problem and showed her the picture. We hoped she would use the 16,99€ price in the picture. Instead she tried to scan the picture. At first it did not work, but we rotated the picture and zoomed in on the bar code and voila! She was able to successfully scan the price. Glad she thought of that solution.

Table price and bar-code

On the way back, while walking between the bus stop at esplanade Saint-Vincent and the apartment, we took a of picture of one of the trees which line the area outside the ramparts. The trees are trimmed back each year. In the late spring they regrow their branches and leaves.

trimmed back trees starting to regrow

For lunch we ate at home and had croque monsieur sandwiches. After lunch it was time to do paperwork and homework.

Later in the afternoon our only errand was to go to the pharmacy. After the pharmacy we walked to the harbor to sit and watch the activity as the boats come and go.

April 25 in Saint-Malo – 25 avril à Saint-Malo

25 Monday Apr 2016

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April 25 in Saint-Malo and we have to start the day with day-old coffee and instant coffee.

First an update on the Transact bakerly sailing event. Remember they left Saint-Malo on Saturday April 23 in the evening. To see a video of the departure click on the following link, but first mute your device. The only sound on the video is the sound of the helicopter propellers and that gets a bit old after a while. So this is the link.

So yesterday, Sunday, we discovered we had a broken carafe for our coffee maker. With a big hole in the side of the carafe, brewing a pot of coffee was out of the question. So today we are heading to the Carrefour hypermarche in search of a replacement pot. The grocery list for Carrefour is also pretty long. These are items we cannot get at the daily market / marche. We will also stop at Conforama to pick up two more small mats for the hall way. Darty will also be a stop since they may have replacement pots.

C3510_1-204 We found the mats we wanted for the hallway at Conforama. We did get a replacement pot for the coffee maker at Carrefour and got all our grocery list items. We then stopped at a chocolatier, Jeff de Bruges, to buy a small box of chocolates for our visit to Natalie’s apartment this evening.

When we returned home we figured out how the replacement pot worked with our old coffeemaker. After a false start, we adjusted the height of the top of the replacement pot and it worked fine.

After lunch Phil and Jean from the 4th floor when for a short walk and had a coffee at Le Charlys. Sandy stayed in the apartment and worked on homework.

At around 19:00 / 7PM we headed up the stairs to pick up Jean and Denise. Then the four of us when up to the 5th floor to have an aperitif with Natalie. Also there were Natalie’s parents. They have an apartment not far for us, near the Port Saint-Louis. Natalie’s two children were also there. We had a really nice time with everyone. We got to try some new foods and enjoyed some nice drinks.

We got back to the apartment at 20:45 / 8:45PM and did not feel like fixing anything for dinner. So, we had yogurt and cereal.

April 24 in Saint-Malo – 24 avril à Saint-Malo

24 Sunday Apr 2016

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It is Sunday April 24, two days after our journey to Rennes, but we still seem to be in recovery mode. A nice short walk to a vide-grenier / garage sale will be just fine.

Sunday April 24, 2016 is cool and cloudy. The predicted high temperature is 10 C / 50 F. We planned to walk to a vide-grenier / garage sale in Saint-Servan this morning. The sale is being held by the Little Sisters of the Poor.

Just before we left for Saint-Servan, we discovered that our glass coffee carafe was broken. Sandy had washed it and didn’t notice a missing section from the side. She had to drain the water from the sink to find the broken piece. So that’s the first item we wanted to buy today if possible.

It was quite windy as we walked across the bridge over the ecluse/lock. We noticed a tug boat pushing a barge coming towards the lock/ecluse. The barge had just been emptied from the dredging going on in the harbor. We hurried over the bridge just before the warning alarm sounded prior to the bridge being closed to allow boats to go into the lock.

barge and tug

tug pushing the barge

We decided to take a slightly different path on the way to the vide-grenier and passed the same church three different times. Sandy thought she knew the location for the sale, but apparently not. Finally, using her iPhone we found it. The whole time we were looking we were within a 5 minute walk. It was on a street we’d never been on before.

There were many large wooden ancient armoires for sale for 25€, lots of books, household items and many new items of clothing. Sandy found a Krups brand hand mixer. Phil asked one of the Sisters if the mixer worked and then had a short conversation with her. She asked if we were American and told us they had “orders” in several USA cities. She was a member of the Little Sisters of the Poor and they had branches in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Newark and several other cities on the east coast. She was originally from England, but had lived in France for the last 50 years. The mixer worked and included “dough” beaters and regular beaters. Phil found a fleece pull over, fleece hat and scarf, all brand new. The price for all four items was 10€. No luck on finding a replacement coffee carafe, so we’ll have to shop for a new one tomorrow.

On the way back to our apartment it rained. So we arrived slightly damp and had to dry everything out for about the 5th time this year. We were exhausted and Phil discovered that we’d walked over 8.9 km / 5.5 mi today and been gone for 2 and 1/2 hours. To see a map of the walk we took today, click on this link.

The rain we had experienced earlier was the result of a front passing through. After the front passed through, the weather stayed cool, but there was sunshine all afternoon.

At around 15:30 / 3:30 PM we enjoyed the tomato farcie we had purchased at the butcher yesterday. With it we had salad and couscous. Very, very good.

For the rest of the afternoon we searched online for a replacement glass coffee carafe. We think the Carrefour Hypermarche, the Conforama, or the Darty store at the La Madeleine Center will have a replacement. We’ll find out tomorrow morning.

We heard a soft knock at the door and its was Madame Lavogez from the 5th floor (6th floor USA) inviting us for an aperitif at her apartment tomorrow evening. Looking forward to that!

April 18 in Saint-Malo – 18 avril à Saint-Malo

18 Monday Apr 2016

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Monday April 18 is a cool but very sunny day in Saint-Malo. It was also a morning of teeth and phone calls.

Today’s blog actually started yesterday evening after dinner. While Sandy was dental flossing, she felt a tooth break. Previously she had problems with two teeth which had fillings and this was the same case. A tooth with a filling had broken in two. She was not in any pain, but it prevented her from chewing food on that side and it just felt funny. Sandy immediately sent an email to our tutor Christine explaining the situation and asking her for the name of her dentist. Christine replied quickly with the name of her dentist, so at that point all we could do is wait until Monday morning to call for an appointment.

Monday morning Sandy was not in a great mood. The broken tooth bothered her, but it was the prospect of going to the dentist which made her most unhappy. Not too many people like to go to the dentist. Phil called the dentist for an appointment and we were lucky enough to get an appointment for 17:00 / 5 PM on Tuesday.

Sandy then had to call her dental insurance company to explain the situation and ask them how to go about getting coverage while out of the USA. We will have to cover the costs ourselves and then submit the bills to the insurance company.

The next thing we had to do was to figure out where the dentist was located and then decide which bus would get us there. That took a while, but we will be able to get a bus to within a couple of blocks of the dentist and then walk.

The next thing was to head out to Conforama to shop for some smalls rugs for the entry way. Conforama is a store for furniture, appliances, lighting and rugs. We have purchased rugs and lighting from them in the past. We found the small rugs we wanted and purchased them for 9€.

We then crossed the street to shop at the Carrefour hypermarche. There we purchased some potting soil, cranberry juice, napkins and yogurt.

On the trip back we got lucky and caught a number 1 bus as soon as we walked to the bus stop.

For lunch Sandy had soup and fruit. She successfully avoided aggravating her broken tooth. Phil got a ham sandwich on crusty bread!

The afternoon was spent making sure we had the correct paper work for our trip to the government VISA people in Rennes on Friday. We seem to have everything we need. The next task was to figure out how we were going to get there. We will take a bus, then a train and then walk the last 10 minutes to the office. That took a bit of doing because it ended up that the main train station was not the best station for us to go to. Instead we will get off about two stops before the main station and just have the short 10 minute walk. Not bad!

We did not get to take any pictures today, but I will borrow a picture from the Saint-Malo tourism site. There is a sailing race coming up between Plymouth, England and New York, USA. As a preliminary to the real race, the competitors are having a race between Plymouth and Saint-Malo. There will be a lot of very large sailing ships in the harbor in the next week.

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22 March in Saint-Malo – 22 mars à Saint-Malo

22 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Today is Tuesday March 22. We are expecting our usual vegetable/fruit seller to be back in the local market. This market is very small but does have a butcher, 2 veg/fruit sellers, a flower seller, and a local artist with his pictures. The market is only 30 steps from our building door. But we must have misunderstood, for he was still on vacation today. So off we went in the other direction, 50 steps to the 4 Saisons (seasons) vegetable / fruit store. We bought Batavia lettuce, pears, oranges and strawberries. Back to the apartment.

After lunch our plan is to take the bus to the Catholic Relief clothing resale shop and then to the Carrefour hypermarche for some canned goods.

At the clothing shop Sandy purchased a belt and a hot pot holder. I got a new winter knit cap to replace the one I lost in the storm on March 9. Total spent 1.5€.

We walked to Saint-Servan to get the bus to Carrefour. At Carrefour we did most of our shopping but missed a couple of things on the list.

Back in the Intra-Muros we stopped at the local butcher, but he was closed. There was a note on the door explaining how extenuating circumstances caused him to be closed this afternoon. So, back to the apartment for the rest of the afternoon. The decision has been made for us, eat out tonight.

At about 19:30 we headed out to CHEZ MARCEL. Chez Marcel is a very small restaurant, 3 tables seating 12 people. Their speciality is a kebab with lamb, onions, lettuce and tomatoes with a white herb sauce. This is accompanied by fries. It was very good and inexpensive, 15€ for the two of us.

lamb kebab, fries and sauce

Chez Marcel

Chez Marcel

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March 17 in Saint-Malo, France – 17 mars à Saint-Malo, France

18 Friday Mar 2016

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road work – view from our balcony door

It is Thursday March 17, Saint Patrick’s day. Received a few St. Paddy’s day e-cards and sent a few e-cards. Hope everyone had a good day!

This morning the major road work on our street is continuing. The replacing of city water pipes has resulted in most of the street being “under construction.” One thing we know is that it will be completed before the high tourist season starts in July.

Phil and I took care of a few errands in the morning. The scale that we bought this week works and is set to kilograms. Now we can weigh ourselves to make sure we’re not enjoying too much French food!

In the afternoon, we walked to the butcher to buy something for dinner. We bought paupiettes-de-veau for dinner. They are thin slices of veal stuffed with the same stuffing that is used in tomato farcies. Next they are wrapped in bacon, decorated with a plum, fig, or orange on top and tied with string. The butcher told us to brown some onions then set them aside. Brown the veal then re-add the onions. Next he said to pour hard cider over the paupiettes until they are almost covered. Cook in the oven for 45 minutes. They were delicious!!! We ate them with new potatoes, a salad, and zucchini.

La Maison du Pain – the house of bread

We also discovered after stopping at the butcher that our favorite boulangerie (Lucas boulangerie) has reopened after remodeling. Now they are called “La Maison du Pain” and the shop looks great!

La Maison du Pain – the house of bread

All our pictures for March in Saint-Malo France can be viewed at 2016-03 March in Saint-Malo on Flickr.

March 15 in Saint-Malo, France – 15 mars à Saint-Malo, France

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Tuesday March 15 and it is a beautiful day. Bright sunny sky, a little on the cool side.

Sandy showered, dressed and was out the door on her way to the boulangerie as I got up to make the bed. By the time I had showered Sandy was back with a baguette and a pain au raisin (similar to a raisin danish).

At 9:30 we were off to the bus stop to catch a bus to the Catholic Relief (Secours Catholique) used clothing store (vêtements en linge maison). Sandy found a dressing robe and a pair of pants. The lady was very helpful in guiding Sandy to the right sizes. I spoke with the man behind the counter and mentioned to him that I remembered him from 2014 and was glad to see him. He was pleased to be remembered. After we paid for the clothing, they offered us a cup of coffee and a cookie. So we took the offer and sat with one of the ladies and had a nice little discussion.

Carrefour hypermarche

We then walked to Saint-Servan part of Saint-Malo to pick up the bus to the La Madeleine Center. It is the largest shopping center in the area. It is centered by a Carrefour hypermarche which is larger than the E.Leclerc hypermarche we visited yesterday. Today we were interested in buying rubber boots, aka wellies, so we can walk along the

rubber boots for rain and beach from Carrefour

beach and venture into the water. We both found boots today, great! Sandy also purchased a bathroom scale just like the one we have in the USA.

We took the bus back to the Intra-Muros for lunch.

After lunch we had 3 things to do:

Get some bread at the boulangerie (bakery) 100 meters from the apartment
Get some chicken breasts at the boucherie (butcher) 40 meters from the apartment
Get some bananas at the 4 Saisons market (vegetables and fruit market) 30 meters from the apartment

Well we got the bread, but missed the next two. The butcher was closed and so was the 4 Saisons market. So pasta for dinner tonight instead of chicken. But we did go to the Carrefour City store for bananas for my Honey Cheerios tomorrow morning. A Carrefour City store is the smallest Carrefour store. It is in the basement of a building near the Saint-Vincent gate entry to the city. Only 400 meters from the apartment so it was an easy walk.

All our pictures for March in Saint-Malo France can be viewed at 2016-03 March in Saint-Malo on Flickr.

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