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the week ending Sunday June 5, 2022 – la semaine se terminant le dimanche 5 juin 2022

06 Monday Jun 2022

Posted by philipdenotto in 2022-France

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carrefour hypermarche, courtoisville, dutch, gtranslate, intermarche super, jardin-de-douves, La Madeleine, rainbow, ramparts, rocabey, Rosarie Sainte Anne, Saint-Servan, salon-nautique, sea-cloud-spirit, sophie, studio 3

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Monday-30th morning and we had a simple plan; walk to Courtoisville, browse a bit in the Carrefour Market, and then walk back on the digue (breakwater). The temperature was 13°C (55°F), a few scattered clouds, a lot of blue sky and a mild wind coming from the ocean. We walked to Courtoisville by the main street. Courtoisville is the name use for a neighborhood in Saint-Malo. On the way back we did walk on the digue.

sail-school
from the digue, getting ready to sail

Tuesday-31th we walked out of the Porte Saint-Louis and saw this massive 3 mast sail boat moored in the basin. Called the Sea Cloud Spirit, it is quite the ship. For more information about it click here; Sea Cloud Spirit.

Sea-Cloud-Spirit
Sea Cloud Spirit

After taking a couple of pictures, we then walked to the Rosarie Sainte Anne in Saint-Servan. The Rosarie is large rose garden and Saint-Servan is a neighborhood of Saint-Malo just south of our Intra-Muros. This is probably the 4th time we have been to the rosarie. Roses dominate the garden, but there are plenty of other types of flowers. The slide show will give you good idea of the garden.

  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
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    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
  • Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan
    Rosarie-Sainte-Anne Saint-Servan

After the rosarie, we walked back through Saint-Servan and stopped at their marché. We bought things for our dinner and then headed home.

Wednesday-1st and we took advantage of the great weather. We walked to the new Intermarché Super at 53 Avenue Aristide Briand which is 2.5 kilometers (1.55 miles) from the apartment. We completed our shopping, walked to the gare (train station) and took a bus back to Intra-Muros.

our walk to the Intermarché Super

Wednesday afternoon was spent watching our friends play boules in the lovely sunshine.

The only real excitement was, when once again, we could not find Sophie the cat. After searching our small apartment we came to the conclusion that the cat had outsmarted us once again. So, we had to back track all our movements for the afternoon and finally realized that in the 2 seconds it took Sandy to hang a shirt in the armoire the cat had snuck in and was taking a nap.

THURSDAY-2nd we walked the perimeter of the Intra-Muros by following the ramparts. The ramparts, which were built in the 17th century, are not quite a complete perimeter.

map of Intra-Muros and the ramparts

FRIDAY-3rd had showers in the forecast, so we took the bus and headed to the La Madeleine center, the mall. Actually there were a few things we needed from the Carrefour Hypermarché which were only available there. The bus trip is about 20 minutes each way. There are two bus routes go the way we need so, we only have to wait about 10 minutes for a bus and then we leave the driving to the chauffeur (which means driver in French).

SATURDAY-4th and it is a marché day in nearby Rocabey. The marché was very crowded but Sandy was able to get the items for this weekend; mushrooms, green beans, olives and two chicken cordon bleu.

The highlight of the afternoon was a beautiful rainbow after a short shower.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandy_phil_denotto/52122464175/in/datetaken/
a beautiful rainbow

SUNDAY-5th with storms in the forecast we are pretty much apartment bound today. The rain storms this weekend have been quite drenching, but very scattered.


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 2022-06-05 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 2022-06-05 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.

  • Petit-train
    Petit-train
  • courtoisville
    courtoisville
  • ocean-walkers
    ocean-walkers
  • sail-school
    sail-school
  • Brittany-Ferries
    Brittany-Ferries
  • semi-rigid
    semi-rigid
  • Sea-Cloud-Spirit
    Sea-Cloud-Spirit
  • Sea-Cloud-Spirit
    Sea-Cloud-Spirit
  • Sea-Cloud-Spirit
    Sea-Cloud-Spirit
  • Sea-Cloud-Spirit
    Sea-Cloud-Spirit
  • flowers in Saint-Servan
    flowers in Saint-Servan
  • Sandy and pathway to Rosarie Sainte-Anne
    Sandy and pathway to Rosarie Sainte-Anne
  • harbor
    harbor
  • dog-pals
    dog-pals
  • dog-pals and owner
    dog-pals and owner
  • fishing-boat
    fishing-boat
  • fishing-boat
    fishing-boat
  • fishing-boat
    fishing-boat
  • work-barge
    work-barge
  • unknown-boat
    unknown-boat
  • ship entering the lock
    ship entering the lock
  • our-shortcut-street
    our-shortcut-street
  • sundial-on-chimmney
    sundial-on-chimmney
  • cat-tracking-our-walk
    cat-tracking-our-walk
  • kayaks
    kayaks
  • rainbow
    rainbow
  • rainbow
    rainbow
  • the Carrefour City Intra-Muros
    the Carrefour City Intra-Muros

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

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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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dutch, gtranslate, intermarche super, jardin-de-douves, salon-nautique, sophie, studio-3

An addition of the blog is the GTRANSLATE widget on the left side. The widget will allow you to translate the blog into a different language.

The GTRANSLATE widget is on the left side. Click on the v to see the language choices.

GTRANSLATE dropdown

Here is the dropdown. Currently the translate choices are English, French, Dutch and Spanish. You can translate to any of these languages and then translate back to English if you like.


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.

  • 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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