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21 March in Saint-Malo – 21 mars à Saint-Malo

21 Monday Mar 2016

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Monday Monday so good to me… (that’s all I remember) Today is Monday March 21.

The sun is out this morning and pouring in the east windows of the living room (salon), the dining room (salle à manger) and the second bedroom (chambre).

Phil’s task for the morning is to start the US tax return for 2015.  Sandy is doing laundry and cleaning.

For lunch Sandy made croque-monsieur, a grilled ham and cheese sandwich.

After lunch we walked to the post office (La Poste) in the Intra-Muros.  I had a letter to mail to friends in Paris.  It was rather heavy and I was not sure it would be okay with one stamp.  One stamp will cover a letter of up to 20 grams.  I had the lady in the post office weigh the letter.  It came in at 18 grams.  It is on its way to Paris.

We then walked a short way to the Maison du Québec à Saint-Malo.  From there you can walk a few yard to get to the ramparts.  We walked southwest toward the harbor.

The Maison du Quebec à Saint-Malo is an organization sponsored by the Canadian provence of Quebec and Saint-Malo.  The link between Saint-Malo and Quebec is based on the fact that Jacque Cartier the French explorer of Canada was born in Saint-Malo.  He had set sail from Saint-Malo when he first came to Canada and also for his subsequent explorations.

magpie (pie)

magpie (pie)

We did see a magpie hunting for food at the Bastion de la Hollande on the ramparts.  It is in front of the statue of Jacques Cartier, which for some reason is not by the Maison du Quebec. The magpie is a great looking large bird with white, blue and black coloring.

 

As we walked, we saw that several fishing boats were heading back to the harbor to unload their catch.  So we picked up our pace and headed to the harbor.

In the harbor the first fishing boat was pulling up to the boat ramp which allows them to dock and unload their catch.  They started unloading sacks of scallops shells, coquilles st jacques.  This was the first of 8 or 9 boats for the day.  Quite a sight.

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Sandy supervising the unloading

Sandy supervising the unloading

weighting the catch

weighing the catch

boats lined up to unload their catch

boats lined up to unload their catch

All our pictures for March in Saint-Malo France can be viewed at 2016-03 March in Saint-Malo on Flickr.  They will open in a separate window.

Jour 105 à Saint-Malo – Day 105 in Saint-Malo

30 Saturday Aug 2014

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Samedi 30 août, nous avons pris un bus à Rothéneuf pour visiter le Jacques Cartier Manor. Après être descendu de l’autobus au centre-ville, nous avons marché sur une route asphaltée pendant près de 15 minutes. Il fut un grand tour! Nous étions les seuls participants. Le guide parlait très bien l’anglais (pour moi) avec le français supplémentaire pour Phil. Il était instructif et fait le tour beaucoup de plaisir. Il a dit à plusieurs histoires sur Saint-Malo, ainsi que des informations sur Cartier. La visite a 14895418769_0b3c69787a_kduré environ une heure et 15 minutes et comprend 2 courts métrages. Nous avons pris le bus pour revenir à l’intra-muros dans le temps pour un déjeuner tardif. Nous avons eu un livret de cartes de réduction à partir du bureau de Saint-Malo Tourisme de sorte que notre coût de la visite était seulement 3 euros chacun au lieu des 14895581978_537273ac3e_khabituelles 6 euros chacun. Une grande expérience sur un nuageux, journée fraîche. Nous sommes allés au match de football de la Diables Noirs et appris un nouveau terme français. En mai, quand nous avons assisté, il y avait seulement un prix de billet. La nuit dernière,14917984200_b5df692b60_k il y avait 5 euros et 8 euros le prix des billets. Penser que nous ne reviendrons pas pour le jeu entier en raison de l’horaire d’autobus à la maison que nous avons acheté le billet de 5 euros. Le préposé ne nous laisserait pas dans les sièges. Semble nous avons acheté des places debout seulement les billets que nous appuyé contre la clôture du premier semestre. Encore à apprendre à Saint-Malo!

Saturday August 30 we took a bus to Rotheneuf to tour the Jacques Cartier Manor.  After getting off the bus at the town center, we walked on a blacktop road for almost 15 minutes.  It was a great tour!  We were the only participants.  The guide spoke great English (for me) with additional French for Phil. He was informative and made the tour a lot of fun.  He told several stories about Saint-Malo as well as information about Cartier.  The tour lasted about one hour and 15 minutes and included 2 short films.  We caught the bus back to the intra-muros in time for a late lunch.  We had a booklet of discount passes from the Saint Malo Tourist office so our tour cost was only 3 Euros each instead of the usual 6 Euros each.  A great experience on a cloudy, cool day. In the evening we went to the Black Devil’s Soccer game and learned another new French term.  The term is “pourtour” meaning periphery.  In May when we attended, there was only one price ticket.  Last night there were  5 Euro and 8 Euro ticket prices.  Thinking that we wouldn’t stay for the entire game because of the bus schedule back home we bought the 5 Euro ticket.  The attendant wouldn’t let us into the seats.  Seems we purchased standing room only tickets so we leaned up against the fence for the first half.  Still learning in Saint-Malo!