the week ending Sunday August 28, 2022 – la semaine se terminant le dimanche 28 août 2022

28 Sunday Aug 2022

Posted by philipdenotto in 2022-France

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cancale, carrefour market, cezembre, condor ferry, courtoisville, esplanade saint-vincent, intermarche super, jean-michel, jean-yves, JOSETTE, Plage de la Hoguette, porte de dinan, Porte Saint-Louis, rocabey, sea-cloud-spirit, solider tower

MONDAY-22nd Misty and damp this morning. Waited until it stopped and took a walk down rue du soif. Shopped for a couple gifts to take, home. Found what we wanted, walked through esplanade st. Vincent to look at the sea. Very low tide, walked back along the quay and entered at porte de Dinan. The main street was not too badly crowded, so we walked home that way. Started to mist again and without a breeze, was very warm.

TUESDAY-23rd Walked to and back from the Intermarché Super. Over an hour of walk round trip plus the 30 min to shop in the store. Stopped at the boulangerie in Rocabey for buying croissants and a baguette since our boulangerie is closed on Tuesday.

It was supposed to be 100% cloudy and cool. It was sunny, humid, and very hot!

Walked to the harbor at high tide and watched two fishing boats unload, a “gull buffet” when someone was cleaning fishing nets, an empty tanker arriving to go through the locks and many shuttles.

We took out pizza for dinner and were surprised at all of the people eating at the restaurant. Delicious margherta pizza.

WEDNESDAY-24th Walked to the Solidor Tower part of Saint-Malo , enjoyed a grenadine with water drink and a decent breeze. Hot walking home. Still many, many people walking and driving around.

***VIEW FROM OUR BENCH SEAT AT THE SOLIDOR TOWER***

Walked to harbor after lunch, VERY hazy, watched one of the new Condor ferries dock, shuttles come and go, and a huge cruise ship-7 Seas anchored in the bay.

THURSDAY-25th Walked to marché a Rocabey. Very early and stormy in the night so few vendors due to rain. We were in and out of the building within 15 minutes. Butcher, olives, and dropped off empty glass jars at the “ritz au lait (rice pudding)” vendor.

Met our friend Jean-Michel for an Orangina at Bar de L’Ouest. Spent a nice hour with him.

Bought cat food at Carrefour city and then home. High temperature of 19°C today. Paris and Nancy are at 32°C.

FRIDAY-26th Sunny. It was 16°C when Sandy walked to the boulangerie. Walked along the Digue to Carrefour market in Coutoisville to buy spray spot remover. Two other stores had been out for a couple of weeks. Walked back. Very windy but sunny. A lovely reprieve from the heat. Afternoon walked to say hi to boules players. Jean-Yves was back after his last child returned to work from vacationing with him.

SATURDAY-27th Walked to the Solider, lovely view, not too hot, returned and watched boats at the harbor. Still a lot of people around. Went to the boules court late in the afternoon. Surprise! Josette was there. We hadn’t seen her since 2019 and heard she’d been ill. She remembered us and it was nice to see her.

***WALK TO THE SOLIDOR IN THE MORNING***

SUNDAY-28th Today was a sports day! There was a half marathon (33rd edition) for runners, that followed the coast between Cancale and Saint-Malo. Most of the sidewalk to the Digue, Porte St. Vincent, and the Esplanade St. Vincent were blocked off with lanes for the finish of the race. Also, The Grand Prix de Cezembre regatta was open to all sailing levels and all media: catamaran, windsurf, dinghy, paddle, kayak. The race was to begin at 11:30 (took off around noon) and was from the Plage de la Hoguette to the island of Cezembre and back. We took our beach chairs, walked through side streets and reached the Digue. There was a great, fresh wind blowing and we watched a lot of runners go by until the regatta begin. First the paddle boarders left, then kite surfers, last were the sail boats. We watched until they were too small to see. Then we returned home. A very interesting morning.

***SCENES FROM OUR WALK AND THEN SIT ON THE DIGUE***

Now that you have made it this far you have a choice on how to continue. Below is an album of photos from this week titled 2022-08-28 week album. There are two ways you can view the photos.

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Monday walks to the Esplanade Saint-Vincent and the harbor
Monday walks to the Esplanade Saint-Vincent and the harbor
Monday walks to the Esplanade Saint-Vincent and the harbor
Monday walks to the Esplanade Saint-Vincent and the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Tuesday afternoon at the harbor
Wednesday morning walk to the Solidor
Wednesday morning walk to the Solidor
Wednesday morning walk to the Solidor
Wednesday afternoon walk to the harbor
Wednesday afternoon walk to the harbor
Wednesday afternoon walk to the harbor
Wednesday afternoon walk to the harbor
Wednesday afternoon walk to the harbor
Wednesday afternoon walk to the harbor
Wednesday afternoon walk to the harbor
Wednesday afternoon walk to the harbor
Wednesday afternoon walk to the harbor
Thursday afternoon walk to the harbor
Thursday afternoon walk to the harbor
Thursday afternoon walk to the harbor
Thursday afternoon walk to the harbor
Thursday afternoon walk to the harbor
Saturday afternoon walk to the harbor
Saturday afternoon walk to the harbor
Saturday afternoon walk to the harbor
Saturday afternoon walk to the harbor
Saturday afternoon walk to the harbor
Saturday afternoon walk to the harbor
Sunday walk on the digue to watch the sailing and surf events
Sunday walk on the digue to watch the sailing and surf events
Sunday walk on the digue to watch the sailing and surf events
Sunday walk on the digue to watch the sailing and surf events
Sunday walk on the digue to watch the sailing and surf events
Sunday walk on the digue to watch the sailing and surf events
Sunday walk on the digue to watch the sailing and surf events
Sunday walk on the digue to watch the sailing and surf events
Sunday walk on the digue to watch the sailing and surf events
Sunday walk on the digue to watch the sailing and surf events
Wednesday morning walk on the mole
Wednesday morning walk on the mole
Wednesday morning walk on the mole

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

le semaine se terminant le dimanche 5 août 2018 – the week ending Sunday August 5, 2018

05 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by philipdenotto in 2018-France

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alain, armoricaine, auberge de Jeunesse, brasserie armoricaine, carrefour city, carrefour market, e leclerc, el galeon andalucia, gare montparnasse, grand hermine, interemarche, joesph roty ii, La Madeleine Center, Lemon Meringue Pie ice crea, plage du Sillon, rocabey, Saint-Malo, Saint-Servan

If you want to see the album of our pictures from June 2018, you can click on this link, June 2018.

If you want to see the album of our pictures from July 2018, you can click on this link, July 2018.

le lundi 30 juillet 2018 – Monday July 30, 2018

Sandy was 6th in line at the boulangerie (bakery) this morning. Every table on the terrace was full and 3 of the 7 interior tables were full. The boulangère (female baker) and her assistant were making coffees, pouring juice, waiting on customers at the counter and trying to serve everyone that was seated. Very busy for a Monday morning!!

The Paris Gare Montparnasse is a large train station which is the base for trains traveling to the west and southwest of France. The train station was in chaos over the weekend. The electricity substation which supplies electricity to the Gare of Montparnasse was severely damaged on Friday, July 27 by a still unexplained fire. All trains were cancelled on Friday, half of them were running on Saturday and Sunday. The news last night said there were still 40,000 travelers trying to leave Paris from this station. We have traveled to and from this station and so did our son Michael. What a disaster!!

We took the #3 bus to the Auberge de Jeunesse stop and went into the Carrefour Market. This store is larger than the Carrefour City we have in the Intra-Muros, but smaller than the Carrefour Hypermarche at the La Madeleine center. They sell lightly breaded fish, similar to the kind used for British fish and chips which we like. We bought 2 pieces to have for dinner. They also carried “accras de morue,” cod fritters. We tried them for the first time. They were very good, just slightly fishy tasting and they had a nice crunch!

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we walked back on the beach from the Carrefour Market

le mardi 31 juillet 2018 – Tuesday July 31, 2018

It was the last day of July. We have been here for more than two months!

The boulangerie was totally different from yesterday. Sandy was the only customer there today. She remarked to the madam that they were very busy yesterday. The madam replied “beaucoup, beaucoup, de monde,” “many, many people from all over.” Good for business.

We shopped at the Intermarche grocery store after breakfast. One of the items we purchased was a new flavor of ice cream for us. It was Lemon Meringue Pie flavor.

After lunch we talked to Alain on the boules court confirming his invitation for an aperitif at his apartment tomorrow. We sat at the harbor and watched a few boats come and go at low tide. It was a beautiful afternoon and cool in the shade.

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sail boat waiting to enter the lock to then enter the basin

For dessert we tried our new ice cream flavor. Wow! It was amazing! There were actually tiny pieces of meringue, almost baking chip sized pieces, crust, and very creamy lemon flavored ice cream. It was a great experiment!

le mercredi 1 août 2018 – Wednesday August 1, 2018

Sandy met with Christine for two hours of tutoring this morning. She is very tired by the end of their time together. Phil shopped for a few items at the E.Leclerc Hypermarché while Sandy was at Christine’s house.

the exquisite church in Paramé on our walk to Christine’s home

We took the 17h30 bus to our friend Alain’s apartment because he invited us for an aperitif. We had a lovely evening with he and his wife. Alain speaks clearly, slowly, and doesn’t use lengthy sentences which helps Sandy with French. While we were at his house, Alain phoned Denise in Paris and all of us were able to talk to her on the speaker phone. She reported that Paris was hot and the temperature was 33C.

It had been a cool day and evening in Saint-Malo, so it wasn’t too hot waiting for or walking to the bus.

le jeudi 2 août 2018 – Thursday August 2, 2018

Last night the ship El Galeón Andalucia , a replica of a Spanish galleon from the XVI century came through the locks and moored in the basin. It will be in the basin for a week and is open for tours priced at 8 euros per person. It is an impressive looking ship! The link for it’s web site is: El Galeon. It will help if you can read Spanish.

We shopped for meat at the boucherie at the Rocabey marché. Sandy also bought one meter of elastic from one of the stalls outside. It cost an euro. The price was certainly correct! She wanted to add it to a jacket she bought at a braderie to tighten the sleeves.

In the afternoon we walked in the ocean as the tide was going out. There was an enormous amount of beach available for everyone. Lovely afternoon.

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Sandy on the beach

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a lot of people on the beach

le vendredi 3 août 2018 – Friday August 3, 2018

We took care of a few errands, picked up a newspaper, made a reservation for dinner tomorrow, and stopped at the wine shop.

After lunch we walked to Saint-Servan to look at their braderie, whole streets full of flea market stalls.

On the way back we saw the Spanish ship El Galeón Andalucia docked in the basin.

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El Galeón Andalucia,

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El Galeón Andalucia,

On our way back home we stopped and said hello to Alain at the boules court. Since it was fairly warm we headed for home soon after. Sandy made chef salads for dinner.

le samedi 4 août 2018 – Saturday August 4, 2018

45 years ago today we were married! 💑

After breakfast we walked to Saint-Servan for day two of their street length braderie. We found another pewter duck, similar to the few Sandy has in Holland. It was slightly larger than the one she bought in May at a braderie in Paris.

Sandy also spotted a set of silverware. It was a complete set for 6 and new. The best part was the price, 5€ euros. We bought it because the set we bought in 2012 was not dishwasher safe and had plastic handles. The red plastic handles were colorful, fun to use, but broke easily. We knew they would have to be replaced by next year. Problem solved.

On our walk back, the sliding bridge was just opening to allow boats to enter the lock. We counted 23 boats, the most we remember seeing at one time in the lock. Two of the boats were hardly ocean-going vessels as they appeared to only be 15 or 20 feet long.

At 19h30 we walked to the Brasserie Armoricaine for dinner.

We enjoyed a lovely dinner, with excellent service including white tablecloths. It was a delicious way to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary.❤️