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21 mai à Saint-Malo – May 21 in Saint-Malo

21 Saturday May 2016

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bricorama, courtoisville, e leclerc, jardinland, la pie qui boit, nino, orangina, Paramé, pepite chocolat

Saturday May 21, 2016 the forecast is for a high temperature of 20 C but little sun.  Today is a number 3 bus day.

Sandy bought a new patisserie for breakfast today.  It was a creme patissiere pepite chocolat.  It was croissant dough, nice and flaky, light creme filled with melted chocolate chips.  Delicious! 27154282035_9a041a46a8_o

After breakfast we took the number 3 bus to Courtoisville, a new (to us) area of Saint-Malo.  One of the public elementary schools were holding their annual rummage sale.  Looking and reading at signs related to clothing items, sizes, prices, and listening to conversation is good for Sandy as well as enjoyable.  It was held outdoors and there were at least 40 venders.  We didn’t buy anything but it was interesting to browse.

We retraced out steps back to the number 3 bus to continue farther out-of-town towards the E.Leclerc Shopping Center area.  We needed to go to Jardinland which is a huge garden center.  They have plants, landscaping materials, outdoor furniture, and gifts.  We were looking for chairs to leave on our balcony.  We didn’t find what we were looking for and walked into Bricorama, next door to look for chairs. They didn’t have anything we cared for so we walked across the street to E.Leclerc.  Again, they didn’t have what we wanted so we caught the number 3 bus back towards home.

We stopped at the Paramé Mairie on the way back.  They were holding a “free trade” show and sale.  We tasted some 80% chocolate but didn’t buy anything.  Finally it was time to return. We walked to the bus stop and sat on a bench waiting for the bus.  While we were waiting, it turned 12 noon.  The clock in the building behind us struck its bell and startled Sandy.  She jumped just a little. After a couple of minutes we caught the number 3 bus back towards Intra-Muros.

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Bell (very top of the picture) that made Sandy jump just a little bit

When we got back to the esplanade Saint-Vincent, we decided to have lunch at La Pie Qui Boit.  You can certainly tell there were few tourists in town because so many restaurants were not busy.  You could actually walk down the main street without any difficulty. Phil had an Orangina to drink and it came in the usual glass bottle, but it came with an official Orangina glass.  The glass had an anthropomorphic female giraffe sipping an Orangina.  Apparently Orangina ran a lengthy advertising campaign with anthropomorphic animals.

Orangina
Orangina
Orangina giraffe
Orangina giraffe

We enjoyed lunch outdoors on the terrace.  They were actually busy with two large tables of British tourists.  Nino the black lab sat right near Sandy as he remembered she had given him a taste of her lunch in the past.  For dessert we shared a crepe filled with conficture de Citron.  It was tart and sweet at the same time.  Very tasty!

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Took the picture when we were almost done with the crepe au citron.

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May 4 in Saint-Malo – 4 mai à Saint-Malo

04 Wednesday May 2016

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beach, goeland, grand be, hsbc france, kayak, mouette, nino, plage, quiche lorraine, Salade du Pays du Cantal

Wednesday May 4, 2016 and the weather forecast is for sunny and a high temperature of 18 C, which means A BEACH DAY!

Sandy worked on homework and household chores while waiting on the phone to solve an internet access problem with our bank, HSBC France.  Phil met our neighbor Jean for coffee at 10 am.

Around noon, we put on our boots, a light jacket and walked the 5 minutes to the beach.  Low tide was forecast for 12:30 today.  The tide was definitely out and we were able to walk farther away from the ramparts than we’ve walked before.  The water is still very cold, but in small tide pools it would have been warm enough for Sandy to get a toe wet.

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Sandy exploring the shore
Sandy exploring the shore
low tide - way out from the walls
low tide – way out from the walls
low tide - way out from the walls
low tide – way out from the walls
low tide - way out from the walls
low tide – way out from the walls

After walking around and wondering about two indentations/creations in the sand we were ready for lunch.

mystery indentations - there were hundreds
mystery indentations – there were hundreds
mystery pile - there were thousands
mystery pile – there were thousands

We stopped at La Pie Qui Boit for lunch and talked to Didier.  Last Sunday we wondered why he had paddled out in a kayak to Grand Be island and returned with his dog, Nino.  He told us today that someone had seen Nino, stranded on the island as the high tide came in and warned him.  He borrowed a kayak and had to go and rescue the dog.  Nino most likely did not get a “good dog” treat that night!

For lunch Sandy ate a Salad du Pays du Cantal which consists of green salad, cured ham, Cantal cheese, home  grown tomatoes, and fried potatoes.  It is delicious and she ate every bite.  Phil enjoyed Quiche Lorraine.   For dessert, we shared a Nutella and confiture de banana maison crepe.  The sun was so hot that the silverware on top of the table was too hot to touch!  We both took off our jackets and were glad we’d brought out hats.  We would have been burnt!  Even though the temperature was 18C, the humidity was at 40%, there was a little breeze and we remembered from previous years, just how intense the sun can be here.

Earlier in the day when we were far out on the beach we saw a couple of gulls, a goeland and a mouette.  The mouette was standing still and the goeland was walking toward it.  We thought they would get close enough to get them in the same picture, but the goeland suddenly flew away.

goeland - gull
goeland – gull
mouette - gull
mouette – gull

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