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8 mai à Saint-Malo – May 8 in Saint-Malo

08 Sunday May 2016

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Sunday May 8 is not Mothers’ Day in France.  It is later in the month of May.  But for today it is a nice day, but quite windy.

Many people left Saint-Malo this morning to return home.  Tomorrow is back to work and school.

No lunch today, rather we will be having a big meal in the late afternoon.  We have the pork roast we purchased Friday morning.  It will be part of the big meal along with potatoes and carrots purchased Friday morning at the marche.

After our late afternoon dinner we got to FaceTime with our son Michael.  It is always good to talk with him, and to see him and his cat, Kima.  The weather in Winona has been considerably warmer than here in Saint-Malo.  It was around 90F the other day in 26622282580_b3175c75e2_oWinona.

After talking with Michael we headed out to the harbor to see what was happening.  The small cruise ship Silver Explorer was still in port.  They will be leaving port this evening, but they have to wait until high tide.

When we got to the harbor there were about 15 small sailboats and cabin cruisers waiting in the harbor.  They wanted to enter the lock / ecluse to enter the sheltered basin Vauban.  When they get there early before the lock is open, they just slowly cruise around the harbor killing time. At around 19:30 they got to enter the lock and then entered the basin Vauban.  The Silver Explorer left its moorings and entered the lock.  After about 20 minutes the water level in the lock was lowered sufficiently to allow the Silver Explorer to exit the lock and enter the outer harbor.

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in the harbor

While we were  watching the ships in the harbor, we also got to see the cormorant at work.  It was all over the harbor diving for fish.  At one time it flew across the harbor. Below is a short slide show of its flight.

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April 10 in Saint-Malo – 10 avril à Saint-Malo

11 Monday Apr 2016

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Today is Sunday April 10, 2016.  It is very windy, cool, and cloudy when Sandy walks to the boulangerie.  She buys her usual baguette the Festive , one croissant and a new Viennoiseries called “croissant amande.”  All croissants are considered Viennoiseries, but we have never had one with almonds, just butter, chocolate, and raisins.  All of them taste delicious!

The outing for today is to attend a flea market in Paramé.  The Braderie de l’enfance Domaine des Lutins is a flea market for mainly children’s clothing.  We took a number 3 bus to the stop at Paramé Cimetière, the cemetery in Paramé.  It was then just a 5 minute walk to the salle Duguay Trouin, a sport hall at the College Duguay Trouin. The college is very near the government tax offices and near the E.Leclerc shopping center.

We walked around the flea market and saw a huge amount of children’s clothing as

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flea market

expected.  But there were also 2 vendors who had some DVDs.  Phil found 2 DVDs he wanted and got those for 1€ each.

  • Un Homme Presque Parfait – Nobody’s Foul, a Paul Newman movie
  • Une femme disparait – The Lady Vanishes, an Alfred Hitchcock movie

Our only other purchase was a can of Orangina, an orange soda we really like.

We walked back to the bus stop to grab the next bus back to the Intra-Muros.

On the way back to the apartment, we walked down the Quai Saint Louis to see the French

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French sailing ship Belem

sailing ship Belem which had come into the harbor and basin last night.  We took a few pictures, then walked into the Intra-Muros.

The next thing was to buy a newspaper.  At the tabac/presse where we buy our newspapers we got to meet the owners’ daughter who was working the cash register.  Phil asked the owner if he was going to take the day off tomorrow, Monday, but he said there would be no more days off until after the vacation season.  That means the end of August.

For lunch we had the thick ham slice we purchased on Friday from the butcher and the vegetables, sweet potatoes and zucchini, we purchased on Friday at the Intra-Muros market.  Everything was very good.

This afternoon we had a little rain, but we did not know it until it had stopped.

The highlight of the afternoon was a FaceTime session with our son Michael.  Always good to talk with him, and to see him and his cat, Kima.

All our pictures for April in Saint-Malo France can be viewed at 2016-04 April in Saint-Malo on Flickr.  The album will open in a separate window.

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