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.

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.***

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.

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!***

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.

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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
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 afternoon walk to the harbor
Wednesday afternoon walk to the harbor
Thursday morning walk to Rocabey marché
Thursday morning walk to Rocabey marché
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
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 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

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

the week ending Sunday July 3, 2022 – la semaine se terminant le dimanche 3 juillet 2022

04 Monday Jul 2022

Posted by philipdenotto in 2022-France

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all-the-light-we-cannot-see, anthony doerr, cider, hugh-laurie, jean-michel, juan-sebastian-de-elcano, mark-ruffalo, mole, netflix, rocabey, rochebonne, spanish-navy

MONDAY-27th and we had some plans for the day. There was no rain forecasted until the afternoon, so we decided to take a bus to the Rochebonne area of Saint-Malo. Rochebonne is where the digue starts at the north end of Saint-Malo. So the walk will take us the whole length of the digue.

The bus ride was great and the walk was nice. We had not walked on the northern part of the digue this year, so we saw what was happening there; new construction, buildings being repaired and school kids on the beach. The sky did get a bit threatening, but we had faith in the forecast. That faith let us down about 100 meters from Intra-Muros. It was not a heavy rain, but by the time we got back to the apartment we were wet.

TUESDAY-21st was marché day in the Intra-Muros. Sandy got some fresh fruit and vegetables. She also picked up some Thai food at the marché for dinner tonight. Then it was haircut day at Studio3. Then the walk to the Intermarché Super for the big items. Then the bus home.

Our afternoon walk took us past the basin and there we saw a magnificent 4 masted ship, the Juan Sebastián de Elcano. More on the ship at this link.

In the afternoon we walked to the harbor. Netflix is creating a mini-series based on the book “ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE” which is Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Part of the novel happens in Saint-Malo so Netflix was here to film some scenes and scenery. The Netflix film crew had a large catering area setup for food and they were working on their tasks. There were about 200 trucks worth of stuff brought into town for the filming. We saw some of the war rubble to be used in the filming, it was made of styrofoam. Hugh Laurie (House) and Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk) are the big stars of the mini-series. They were in town, but we did not see them.

***Netflix mini-series set rubble – styrofoam rocks, boulders and building material***

WEDNESDAY-22nd this morning there was no water. There was no scheduled water outage so something was wrong. Sandy went to the Carrefour City in the Intra-Muros and purchased some drinking water. By 9 in the morning we had water. There had been a water line problem in another sector of town which had caused our problem. So now we have a some drinking water to keep in case of an emergency.

At 11 in the morning the plaque dedication was happening on the wharf by the harbor. The Spanish navy training sailing ship in the basin, Juan Sebastián de Elcano, was here to dedicate a plaque which commemorated the Frenchmen who sailed on the first circumnavigation of the world. There were quite a few French and Spanish dignitaries there for the dedication.

***Spanish sailors arriving for the plaque dedication***

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PLAQUE FROM THE SPANISH NAVY – actual plaque is in Spanish and French

IN MEMORY OF THE 15 FRENCH SAILORS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST AROUND THE WORLD EXPEDITION, WHICH, UNDER THE LEGISLATION OF THE SPANISH CROWN, STARTED IN 1519 AND WAS COMPLETED SEPTEMBER 6, 1522 BY JUAN SEBASTIÁN ELCANO ABOARD THE SHIP “VICTORIA”.

ON THE OCCASION OF THE STOPOVER OF THE SCHOOL SHIP JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO AT SAINT-MALO DURING THE 5TH CENTENARY OF THIS HEROIC ACT.

The Netflix filming crew was still working on the filming preparations in and around the Intra-Muros. After dinner we took a walk around looking for some filming, but did not find any.

THURSDAY-23rd we walked to the Rocabey marché. Meat, black olives and green olives were on our list. We stopped at the post office to pick up a package.

On the way back to our apartment we stopped at the harbor. Today a fishing boat had entered the harbor and unloaded some of its catch to trucks. Then they cleaned their nets before sailing away. The “fishy” residue from the nets attracted a lot of seagulls as seen below.

FRIDAY-24th we took the bus to Rochebonne and walked on the digue. It was a busy place, a lot of bicycles and walkers. Sandy purchased vegetables and fruit at the Intra-Muros marché. In the evening we took a walk and we did see an actor dressed as a german soldier. He was coming out of the local snack shop with a coke and cookies.

SATURDAY-25th and we had a drink at the Café de l’Ouest brasserie with a friend, Jean-Michel. He lives in the apartment building next to us. We first met him in 2019 and it has taken this long for us to finally get together for a drink.

***Menu cover for the Café de L’Ouest with a picture from the early 1900’s***

SUNDAY-26th is a beautiful day for a walk on the digue. Just a little bit windy. The Netflix crew is completely gone, as if they had never been here.

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 2022-07-03 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 2022-07-03 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.

2022-07-03 week album

108 photos

Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
Monday morning walk on the digue from Rochebonne
POLAND LICENSE-PLATE
GERMANY LICENSE-PLATE
SPAIN LICENSE-PLATE
Juan-Sebastián-de-Elcano
Juan-Sebastián-de-Elcano
Spanish flag
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 to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday morning walk to the harbor and mole
Wednesday evening walk at the harbor and beach doors
Wednesday evening walk at the harbor and beach doors
Wednesday evening walk at the harbor and beach doors
Wednesday evening walk at the harbor and beach doors
Wednesday evening walk at the harbor and beach doors
Wednesday evening walk at the harbor and beach doors
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Thursday late morning walk to the harbor and mole
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday morning walk on the digue – bus to Rochebonne and then walking back on the digue
Friday afternoon walk to the harbor and on the mole
Friday afternoon walk to the harbor and on the mole
Friday afternoon walk to the harbor and on the mole
Friday afternoon walk to the harbor and on the mole
Friday afternoon walk to the harbor and on the mole
Friday afternoon walk to the harbor and on the mole
Friday afternoon walk to the harbor and on the mole
CAFÉ-DE-L’OUEST
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