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the week ending Sunday July 31, 2022 – la semaine se terminant le dimanche 31 juillet 2022

31 Sunday Jul 2022

Posted by philipdenotto in 2022-France

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backroads bicycle tours, bas-sablons, cafe-de-l-ouest, commodore goodwill, crepes, digue, dinard, esplanade saint-vincent, guy, helicopter, jean-michel, kennedy bus stop, magpie, plage des bas-sablons, renard, rocabey, rochebonne


MONDAY-25th took the number 6 bus to BricoMarché, the local big box hardware store, to look into ideas to keep Sophie from escaping the apartment. Did not really come up with any good ideas, so we will just have to stay vigilant.

In the afternoon we walked to the harbor.

Threatening skies in the afternoon, but no rain.

TUESDAY-26th had our haircuts at Studio 3 at 10:30. Then we went to the Intermarché Super for our normal big store shopping.

In the late afternoon we took a walk to the harbor and then headed to the Café de L’Ouest to meet our friend Jean-Michel for a drink. He surprised us by bringing crêpes to the resto. So with our Orangina drinks we got to try some very tasty crêpes. The crêpes were from the crêperie owned by the same company, Maison Hector, which owns the Café de L’Ouest. They own 4 or 5 restaurants in the area. Well the crêpes were wonderful, so we will have to try the crêperie in the next couple of weeks. Jean-Michel was giving us a taste of the crêpes which originated here in western France, Brittany.

the Renard
the Renard
obviously a helicopter
obviously a helicopter
obviously a helicopter
the Renard, a replica sailing vessel and a modern helicopter, both by the harbor

WEDNESDAY-27th We did a long walk on the digue in the morning to see the sights.

Sights we saw on the digue Wednesday morning.

In the afternoon we went to the boules court and then to the harbor. There were a lot of people traveling back and forth between Saint-Malo and Dinard which is on the other side of the bay of Saint-Malo. It is a 15 minute boat ride.

A lot of people coming and going on the shuttle boat between Saint-Malo and Dinard.
Fishing boat unloading its catch at the harbor.
Sights at the harbor this Wednesday afternoon.

THURSDAY-28th was the day the city water department decided to tear up the street about 30 meters from our apartment building. They made a lot of noise to replace about 3 meters of pipe.

tamping down ground after the repair and before laying the asphalt

In the morning we walked to the Rocabey marché for meat; sausages, beef and sandwich ham.

a magpie on our way to the Rocabey marché

In the afternoon we walked to the boules court where we saw the vans from the BACKROADS bicycle tour company. They are a common sight here in Saint-Malo in the summer. Bicycling is a very popular activity in the area of Brittany.

BACKROADS cycling tours, a common sight in the summer

FRIDAY-29th And without any demands on our time we took a walk to the Bas Sablons area of Saint-Malo. It is the area just south of us that has the big harbor for pleasure boats. There we explored an area which we had not visited for at least 5 years. We found a nice resto/bistro to have a drink before returning home.

resto/bistro we found
views from the end of the pier on the Bas Sablons side of the harbor.

In the evening we met our friend Guy for drinks. We met at a resto/bistro across the street from the train station which was about the same distance from both of our apartments. The Cuisine de rue is a small resto/bistro which was perfect for our needs. We had Oranginas, beers and chips. We were able to catch up with what was new with Guy. It was a very nice evening.

SATURDAY-30th and we took the bus to Rochebonne and returned via the digue.

In the afternoon we were at the harbor as the Commodore Goodwill left for its next stop.

SUNDAY-31st the last day of the month. An overcast day without sun in the morning. We took the number 9 bus from the esplanade Saint-Vincent to the Kennedy bus stop in Rochebonne. Then we walked along the digue on our way home.

Our balcony with Sandy’s great looking geraniums!
Pictures from our walk on the digue on this last day of July.

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 2022-07-31 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 2022-07-31 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 will show the next photo in the album.

2022-07-31 week album
2022-07-31 week album
59 photos
  • Monday afternoon walk to the harbor and mole
    Monday afternoon walk to the harbor and mole
  • Monday afternoon walk to the harbor and mole
    Monday afternoon walk to the harbor and mole
  • Monday afternoon walk to the harbor and mole
    Monday afternoon walk to the harbor and mole
  • Tuesday afternoon walk to the harbor
    Tuesday afternoon walk to the harbor
  • Tuesday afternoon walk to the harbor
    Tuesday afternoon walk to the harbor
  • Tuesday afternoon walk to the harbor
    Tuesday afternoon walk to the harbor
  • Tuesday afternoon walk to the harbor
    Tuesday afternoon walk to the harbor
  • Tuesday afternoon walk to the harbor
    Tuesday afternoon walk to the harbor
  • Wednesday morning walk on the digue
    Wednesday morning walk on the digue
  • Wednesday morning walk on the digue
    Wednesday morning walk on the digue
  • Wednesday morning walk on the digue
    Wednesday morning walk on the digue
  • Wednesday morning walk on the digue
    Wednesday morning walk on the digue
  • Wednesday morning walk on the digue
    Wednesday morning walk on the digue
  • 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 morning walk to Rocabey marché
    Thursday morning walk to Rocabey marché
  • Thursday morning walk to Rocabey marché
    Thursday morning walk to Rocabey marché
  • Thursday afternoon at the boules terrain
    Thursday afternoon at the boules terrain
  • Finishing the water pipe repairs
    Finishing the water pipe repairs
  • Finishing the water pipe repairs
    Finishing the water pipe repairs
  • Finishing the water pipe repairs
    Finishing the water pipe repairs
  • Finishing the water pipe repairs
    Finishing the water pipe repairs
  • Finishing the water pipe repairs
    Finishing the water pipe repairs
  • Finishing the water pipe repairs
    Finishing the water pipe repairs
  • Finishing the water pipe repairs
    Finishing the water pipe repairs
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
    Friday morning walk to Bas Sablons
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday morning walk on the digue
    Saturday morning walk on the digue
  • Saturday afternoon at the harbor
    Saturday afternoon at the harbor
  • Saturday afternoon at the harbor
    Saturday afternoon at the harbor
  • Saturday afternoon at the harbor
    Saturday afternoon at the harbor
  • Saturday afternoon at the harbor
    Saturday afternoon at the harbor
  • Sunday morning walk on the digue
    Sunday morning walk on the digue
  • Sunday morning walk on the digue
    Sunday morning walk on the digue
  • Sunday morning walk on the digue
    Sunday morning walk on the digue
  • Sunday morning walk on the digue
    Sunday morning walk on the digue
  • Sunday morning walk on the digue
    Sunday morning walk on the digue
  • Sunday morning walk on the digue
    Sunday morning walk on the digue
  • Sunday morning walk on the digue
    Sunday morning walk on the digue

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

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the week ending Sunday August 27, 2017

28 Monday Aug 2017

Posted by philipdenotto in août poster 2017 - August 2017 post

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chez marcel, digue, dinard, e leclerc, Intra-Muros, kebabs, plage de l'eventail, plage de mole, plage du Sillon, pompiers

le lundi 21 août 2017 – Monday August 21, 2017

This is the second Monday in a row that we shopped at the local Intermarche grocery store early in the morning. We caught the 8h40 bus, walked the 4 blocks to the store, finished our shopping, walked back to the bus and took the 9h20 bus back to the Intra-Muros. We only waited a couple minutes to check out and they had only 2 of their 3 lanes open today. It is cloudy and cool, with a very light breeze, and the temperature is 21C / 70F. The predicted high temperature for today is 73F or 23C. Tomorrow the forecast is for sunny and 85F / 30C.  A big difference!

Our friend and tutor Christine invited us to take a “La promenade du Clair de Lune – Ville de Dinard”.

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La promenade du Clair de Lune

The whole walk is full of flowerbeds, trees and shrubs. There were colorful lights among the trees and shrubs. The entire walk is along the ocean, often without a railing or barrier at the edge. We could hear occasional singers and jazz musicians. It was a beautiful night, not too hot or cool, and we really enjoyed ourselves, even if our feet were tired. We slept great!

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The sun setting behind a view of Dinard from the promenade du Clair de Lune

le mardi 22 août 2017 – Tuesday August 22, 2017

The forecast today is for a hot afternoon! We opened the shutters and windows on the east side of our apartment early in the morning. As soon as the sun rose above the neighboring buildings and reached our french doors, we closed everything up until it cooled off in the evening. (After 23h, the wind changed to the north and it cooled off.)

Today was the day of “highest tides” for the month of August. It was scheduled for around 9h and 21h . At low tide, 15h30 the tide is farther out than we have seen it in a long time. We went to the beach to walk in the water in the afternoon. The water between the beach and the distant sandbar was only ankle deep. We hadn’t been on the sandbar before. The air temperature felt like 88F but the water felt great, around 70F. There were many people enjoying the water and also many sunbathing  Some of the sunbathers will not be enjoying themselves tomorrow.  Too much sun and not enough sun screen.

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Sandy on her way to wading in the water.

There was an odd shaped yacht moored in the harbor, most likely waiting for the locks to open later in the day when it is high tide.

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An ugly super-yacht in the harbor.

le mercredi 23 août 2017 – Wednesday August 23, 2017

It was much cooler when Sandy bought our breakfast. One of our friends told us the croissants from the boulangerie on the “Grand Rue” are the best. It is also very close to our apartment, so we tried them today. We decided that they taste very good, are very buttery and flaky but not as tasty as the croissants we buy from “La Fournee la Malouine”, our usual spot.

Today we had our hair cut for the 2nd time. The “coiffeur” is very kind, patient, and skilled. We love being able to rely on a hairdresser for the same cut each time. We made one more appointment with her for the 3rd week in September.

Next we took the bus to the Mediatheque. Sandy had several books that were due today. After checking out her new books, we walked across the street and literally stepped right onto the bus for our return trip. Excellent timing today!

We saw a Czech Republic license plate in the parking lot.

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a car with Czech Republic license plate

On our walk back to our apartment, we walked next to the “ugly super yacht” that we had seen yesterday in the harbor. It looks like someone took a cargo ship, cut part of it away, and topped the remainder with a few levels. We noticed that they have a small cabin cruiser sitting on top of the deck. Guess they can lower the small yacht to use for fun. The name of the super yacht is the “Grand Rusalina”.  Some information found online about the yacht can be found here. The “Grand Rusalina” is owned by Rustem Teregulov.  Teregulov is the founder of the Development Capital Bank in Moscow. He also owns the Moscow Raceway. He purchased the yacht for 50 million dollars.  He owns a bank in Moscow, but he has the boat registered in the Cayman Islands.  The Cayman Islands are notorious for being a place to hide your money so it is not taxed in your country.

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The Grand Rusalina and its little cabin cruiser.

le jeudi 24 août 2017 – Thursday August 24, 2017

Sandy shopped for breakfast at the “Boulangerie De La Cathedrale”. It takes her one minute longer to walk there than her usual boulangerie. She wanted us to taste the croissants from the other “boulangeries” while they were all still fresh in our minds.

We shopped for meat at the Rocabey marché. The butcher’s assistant told us they would be on vacation from September 1 through September 15.

A few weeks ago, Sandy sent a note to the local bus company telling them the bushes at the Rocabey bus stop are hazardous to pedestrians when they exit the bus. There wasn’t room to step off the bus without being hit in the face by thorns on the branches. Today, we noticed that the bushes had been trimmed in the last few day. There was room to step off the bus and actually walk on the sidewalk. Big improvement!

This afternoon we heard a lot of noise in the street. The “pompiers” / firefighters were parked just outside our apartment with their fire truck which has an aerial work platform extension. They were practicing using the extension to rise above the apartment building next to our building. First they put stabilizers next to the front wheels, then use the jack to literally lift the fire engine truck  off the ground and level it. One fireman put on rescue apparatus and climbed onto the platform. Another fireman raised him above the building roof line. It took quite a while and created an audience in the street during their practice. Interesting to watch and glad it was just a practice. Last year we watched them lower two individuals through the windows while laying on stretchers.

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watching the firemen – pompiers

For dinner we bought two kebab sandwiches from Chez Marcel.  We ate them sitting on the stairs near by so we could listen to the “CHANTS DE MARINS AVEC LES CORSAIRES MALOUINS” perform at 20h30. The stairs allow people to sit down while listening to the singers. “Les Corsaires” are an amateur group of men that were born in the Intra-Muros and still reside here. There were about 18 singers, one accordion player, one guitar player, one clarinet, and a keyboard player. We stayed to listen for about 45 minutes then left for home, a 2 minute walk. Great free entertainment every Thursday night in July and August.

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Sandy sitting on the steps with the singers in the background.

le vendredi 25 août 2017 – Friday August 25, 2017

Sandy shopped for our breakfast, and then after breakfast went to the local marché for fruits and vegetables.

We had tutoring with Christine today.  On the walk from Christine’s house to the bus stop we saw her neighbor and talked to him for just a minute. He is very nice and very willing to talk with us.

From Christine’s house we took the bus to the E. LeClerc hypermarket. We were looking for a gift for a friend, bars of soap to take to the USA, and coffee. We especially like their coffee from Brazil and it is priced at 2.23€ for the equivalent of 9 ounces. It has a wonderful flavor. The ground coffee we buy in France seems to have a better taste compared to the coffee we buy in the USA.

After shopping, we had to wait 15 minutes for the bus, but it was a lovely, sunny, day with a temperature of 22C / 71F.

The gas station at Leclerc was advertising a liter of gas for 2.75€.  There are approximately 4 liters in a USA gallon, so the gallon price would be around $11.

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gas station by E.Leclerc with advertised prices for a centiliter of gas

le samedi 26 août 2017 – Saturday August 26, 2017

It was cloudy and a very pleasant temperature when Sandy bought our breakfast croissants. There were many people up walking around which is quite unusual for the time of day. Usually she sees just one or two other people walking around. School starts here on Monday September 4th so maybe everyone is trying to have one more day of vacation. The streets may be very crowded later on.

We walked along the ocean on the digue. This is a cobblestone and blacktop walk between residents, hotels, and the ocean. It is always a beautiful walk and you find many benches, bicyclists, pedestrians, people with roller blades, and strollers, Today we walked both directions for a total of 4.25 miles / 6.8 kilometers.

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People enjoying the digue.

We took some photos of the milk carton we buy in France. Milk is normally, not refrigerated. The expiration date is Nov. 25th, and we bought it two days ago. You can buy an individual carton or 6 cartons that come plastic wrapped altogether. The only milk that is refrigerated is BIO which expires sooner than the other kind.

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le dimanche 27 août 2017 – Sunday August 27, 2017

It is a beautiful day. The forecast is for a high of 25C / 77F. A perfect beach day! High tide was at 11h30 today so at 13h we headed for the beach. Our goal was to walk in ankle deep water from the “Plage De L Éventail” by the castle to the about half way down the Digue. The tide was going out fast as we walked and we had to continually walk farther away from the street to stay in the water. It was wonderful! We walked for a total of 6 kilometers / 3.7 miles in just about an hour in the water. There were many sailboats out and people enjoying the day.

Fort National
Fort National
Steeple and castle
Steeple and castle

This is a photo of the dessert Sandy bought today to have after dinner and a photo of the bag that the “boulangère” puts our croissants into each day. Very pretty!

dessert for tonight
dessert for tonight
croissant bag
croissant bag

Tonight’s dessert!

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