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April 29 in Saint-Malo – 29 avril à Saint-Malo

29 Friday Apr 2016

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Saturday April 29 is going to be a mixed weather day.  The morning is to be nice, but cool.  The afternoon is supposed to have rain.  Even though we have 7 errands on our list for today, they are small and will be done in the morning.

ERRAND 1. Sandy did an early morning visit to the Intra-Muros marche.  She purchased some salad, apples, strawberries, tomatoes and pears.  She did see our 5th floor neighbor Jean in the marche.  He was talking with one of the other vendors.

The day starts with a walk out of Porte Saint-Louis and then on to Saint-Servan.  As we went through Port Saint-Louis we saw a ship which was new to us in the basin Vauban.  It was the British sailing ship Lord Nelson.  Phil took a few pictures of this nice looking sailing ship.

Lord Nelson
Long Nelson
Lord Nelson

ERRAND 2 AND 3. The walk to Saint-Servan was quite nice but windy.  We had to make a stop at the Librairie Pages et Images, which is a bookstore, not a library.  Our internet service provider Free Telecom had delivered a package for us to the bookstore.  After picking up the package, we headed to the Au Panier d’Italie which is a small Italian take out place in Saint-Servan.  We purchased some lasagna bolognese, some courgettes au gratin, and a small pizza.  We will have the pizza on Saturday.  The lasagna and au gratin will be for the main meal on Sunday.

ERRAND 4 and 5. We then headed to the marche which is Saint-Servan on Saturdays.  We walked around the outdoor market and then entered the indoor market.  Sandy purchased a pineapple.  She had meant to buy one at the Intra-Muros marche earlier in the day but had forgotten.  In the mean time, Phil waited in the Ferme les Aubriais butcher line.  Ground beef was the purchase there.  Half of the meat will be used to make some chili later today.  The rest will be used on Saturday to make Italian meatballs.

On the way back from Saint-Servan we stopped at the harbor.  The dredging vessel and the barge had moved again.  Now they were closer to the west end of harbor, not far from where we were sitting.

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Dredging vessel and barge

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Dredging vessel and barge

ERRAND 6. On the way back from the harbor Sandy went into the La Fournee Malouine boulangerie (bakery) for a baguette.  In the boulangerie she saw the father of Natalie our neighbor on the 6th floor.  She had a nice short talk with him.  As he left the boulangerie he stopped and talked with Phil about the boulangerie and the lady who ran the shop.  He had to hurry off because he was driving Natalie and children to the gare / train station to get the TGV back to Paris.  It was very nice to see him.

ERRAND 7. Sandy headed back to the apartment and Phil went to buy the newspapers.  A Le Figaro and Ouest France were today’s choices.

Today we walked 6.14 kilometers / 3.8 miles with no bus rides.

Right after lunch we started the chili making process.  It was done after a couple of hours of simmering.

Doing our French homework also occupied a good part of our afternoon.

A light rain started mid-afternoon and continued into the evening.

 

April 15 in Saint-Malo – 15 avril à Saint-Malo

15 Friday Apr 2016

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Friday April 15, 2016 was tax day in the U.S.  It is also tax season here in France.

Here in Saint-Malo it was partly sunny and cool, around 10 C / 50 F with a brisk wind.

On Friday we have a marche in the exposition hall which is 1 minute from our apartment.  Sandy headed there early in the morning. She bought salad and a few pieces of fruit from the Intra-Muro vegetable and fruit vender.  She also ran into our neighbor Jean from the 4th floor.  He was also shopping at the marche.  Between Jean and the vendor Sandy had to really concentrate to keeps things straight. It was difficult for her to concentrate on ordering fruit in French, being polite to the vendor, and conversing in French with our neighbor.  She left the market wondering if she’d forgotten to buy something.

We walked to Saint-Servan to buy some geraniums from the flower vendor in the market there.  We purchased a bag of potting soil earlier in the week and we wanted to plant the geraniums in our hanging planters on the balcony.  We bought 6 plants with bright red flowers for 6€.   We also stopped at the butcher in the indoor market and purchased some pork.

On the way back from Saint-Servan we took a street which we hardly ever walk down.  It turned out to have a very nice view of the Anse des Sablons (cove Sablons) and the boats in the cove.

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View of “Anse des Sablons” (Cove Sablons) walking from Saint-Servan

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Anse des Sablons (Cove Sablons) from the air

When we returned to our apartment Sandy went about repotting the geraniums.  She spread newspapers on the kitchen floor, got out the potting soil and did the repotting.  The geraniums look pretty from inside the apartment since they can be seen through 3 sets of french doors.  They also look good from the street because they hang over the railing on the balcony and are easy to see from the street.

We worked on homework, did a few household chores, ate lunch and were ready for a short walk around 16:00.  We dropped off the recycling and garbage on our walk out the Intra-Muros and headed for the harbor.  The wind had picked up and it was difficult to walk.  We held onto our hats this time to keep from losing them.  The water in the harbor was very choppy and the small boats moored to floats were bobbing up and down like toys.

Later we were invited to our neighbor’s apartment on the 4th floor.  Jean had prepared a little snack and aperitif for us.  It was his way of thanking us for dinner last night.

19 March in Saint-Malo, France – 19 mars à Saint-Malo, France

19 Saturday Mar 2016

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Hello on Saturday March 19.  It is a pretty cold out, around 3°C , 37°F.  Sandy brought back croissants and fresh bread for breakfast.  Quite the treat.  The croissant melt in your mouth.  The bread has a wonderfully crusty exterior and soft fragrant interior.

We walked to Saint-Vincent gate to get a bus to the Dugay Trouin bus stop which is just down the road.  From there we walked to the Intermarche store.  We only needed a few things; yogurt, cranberry juice, toothpaste, butter, soup, spot cleaner, chocolate pirate duck for Easter (not a need, a craving), and dishwasher spot agent.

We bought a single red rose from the Lions Club members in the entry way to the store.  They were selling roses to raise money for charity.

From there we walked to the Rocabey market.  It is Thursday and Saturday each week.  We looked around at the open air (exterior) vendors  The open air vendors are selling flowers, plants, shoes, clothing, small kitchen utensils, and table cloths. Sandy purchased some sewing needles from one vendor.

Then we went inside to the covered (interior) market.  The covered market is where you find the cheese sellers, the vegetable and fruit sellers, the meat sellers, and the bakery goods sellers. We purchased some strawberries from on fruit vendor.  The strawberries were priced by the kilogram.  Not knowing how many strawberries were in a kilogram, I asked for 100 grams of strawberries.  It turns out that of the strawberries we were buying, 100 grams got you 7 strawberries.  So I asked for another 100 grams.  The cost was 3€ and a few centimes for 15 strawberries.

Below, the Rocabey (a district in Saint-Malo) exterior and interior markets.

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market interior

A short walk through the nearby park took us to the bus stop at Rocabey.  A number 3 bus got us back to Saint-Vincent gate.  From there we walk back to the apartment.  The weather is quite cool, so it was good to be back in the warm apartment.

In the afternoon Sandy got a burst of energy and decided to cook.  Yesterday at the Saint-Servan market we had purchased some chicken breasts from the butcher.  We had also purchased some onions, garlic and mushrooms from our local market 4 Saisons.  So we went to work making some coq-au-vin, chicken in wine.  I got to cut the onions, mushrooms, and chicken breasts.  And crush the garlic.  It is just finishing up in the kitchen now and it smells pretty good.  Sandy is so organized in the kitchen.  She makes it easy to cook.

 

 

March 10 in Saint-Malo, France – 10 mars à Saint-Malo, France

13 Sunday Mar 2016

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Thursday March 10th we took the bus to the train station (gare) where we renewed our monthly bus pass.  We walked to the Rocabey marche/market and saw our flower vendor.  We purchased all of our outdoor flowers for the balcony from him in 2014.  He actually remembered us.  As usual he wanted to practice his English on us with us practicing our French on him.  It was nice to see him.  He told us the geraniums wouldn’t be available until around the middle of April.

Next we went inside the marche/market building where food is sold. The butcher that we bought all of our meat from in 2013 and 2014 still had his stand. The butcher was not there that day, someone else was working the counter. The young lady working the cash register was our friend from 20114. She immediately recognized us. Before we left our apartment Sandy wrote a note in French telling her I was glad to see her, that we didn’t travel in 2015, and we were here until October this year.  Sandy showed her the note and she replied in English that she was glad to see us too.  She always spoke in English to Sandy and Sandy answered or repeated her phrased in French.  It was good to be remembered and see her.  We bought a thick slice of ham and two sausages fresh (not smoked or highly seasoned).  Sandy spotted another vendor selling olives and purchased a few black olives from him.  We walked back to the train station to get the bus and returned to our apartment. It is lovely to be back in Saint-Malo and see familiar faces.

In the afternoon we retraced our steps from 2014 to find the Catholic Charities used clothing store.  We had visited the store in 2014 and purchased some lightly used clothes and some new items they had on sale. We needed to find out if it was still open only on Tuesdays and what time it was open.  We found it without much trouble. As you can see in the picture below, the hours are 10 to 12 on Tuesday (mardi).  So guess where we are going on Tuesday March 15.

Catholic Charities schedule

Catholic Charities schedule

Jour 137 à Saint-Malo – Day 137 in Saint-Malo

01 Wednesday Oct 2014

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Mercredi 1er octobre, le message de la pluie est plus tard dans la journée. Nos pieds sont un peu tendres ce matin de l’ensemble de la marche dans l’eau que nous avons fait hier. J’ai quitté l’appartement à 9h15 pour faire du parameshopping à E Leclerc pour quelques articles. Sur le chemin du retour je me suis arrêté au marché Paramé. C’est la première fois que j’ai commandé et acheté la viande chez le boucher sans Phil. Il est resté dans l’appartement de peindre les boiseries après avoir volets roulants installés la semaine dernière. Il est très agréable de magasiner à ce moment de la matinée et le temps de l’année. Il n’y a que quelques autres clients et il ya moins de chance pour moi d’avoir des problèmes de langue.

Wednesday October 1 the forecast is for rain later in the day. Our feet are a little tender this morning from all of the walking in the water we did yesterday.  I left the apartment at 9:15 to shop at E Leclerc for a few items.  On the way back I stopped at the Parame market.  This is the first time I ordered and purchased meat from the butcher without Phil.  He stayed in the apartment to paint the window trim after having the rolling shutters installed last week.  It is very pleasant to shop at this time of the morning and time of year.  There are only a few other shoppers and there is less chance for me to have language problems.